American Express (NYSE:AXP) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.56% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.19%. Currently, American Express has a market capitalization of $214.67 billion.

Buying $1000 In AXP: If an investor had bought $1000 of AXP stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,508.33 today based on a price of $304.74 for AXP at the time of writing.

American Express'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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