Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.84% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 27.21%. Currently, Iron Mountain has a market capitalization of $31.07 billion.

Buying $1000 In IRM: If an investor had bought $1000 of IRM stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,319.08 today based on a price of $105.89 for IRM at the time of writing.

Iron Mountain'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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