American Express (NYSE:AXP) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.87% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.94%. Currently, American Express has a market capitalization of $173.97 billion.

Buying $100 In AXP: If an investor had bought $100 of AXP stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $201.77 today based on a price of $241.86 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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