Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.26% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 9.59%. Currently, Crown Castle has a market capitalization of $44.95 billion.

Buying $1000 In CCI: If an investor had bought $1000 of CCI stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $6,268.48 today based on a price of $103.43 for CCI at the time of writing.

Crown Castle'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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