McKesson (NYSE:MCK) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 7.22% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.66%. Currently, McKesson has a market capitalization of $76.77 billion.

Buying $1000 In MCK: If an investor had bought $1000 of MCK stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $18,084.59 today based on a price of $591.84 for MCK at the time of writing.

McKesson's Performance Over Last 20 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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