Moody's (NYSE:MCO) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 6.29% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.01%. Currently, Moody's has a market capitalization of $75.34 billion.

Buying $100 In MCO: If an investor had bought $100 of MCO stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $481.07 today based on a price of $412.57 for MCO at the time of writing.

Moody's's Performance Over Last 10 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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