Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 6.17% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.58%. Currently, Home Depot has a market capitalization of $330.44 billion.

Buying $1000 In HD: If an investor had bought $1000 of HD stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $12,673.03 today based on a price of $333.43 for HD at the time of writing.

Home Depot's Performance Over Last 15 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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