CRH (NYSE:CRH) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.02% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.4%. Currently, CRH has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion.

Buying $1000 In CRH: If an investor had bought $1000 of CRH stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,673.92 today based on a price of $98.52 for CRH at the time of writing.

CRH's Performance Over Last 5 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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