Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 25.42% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 38.09%. Currently, Williams-Sonoma has a market capitalization of $22.80 billion.

Buying $1000 In WSM: If an investor had bought $1000 of WSM stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $5,116.88 today based on a price of $185.18 for WSM at the time of writing.

Williams-Sonoma'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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