Nike (NYSE:NKE) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.89% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.32%. Currently, Nike has a market capitalization of $113.30 billion.

Buying $1000 In NKE: If an investor had bought $1000 of NKE stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $7,046.63 today based on a price of $76.12 for NKE at the time of writing.

Nike's Performance Over Last 20 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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