United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ:UAL) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.7% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.28%. Currently, United Airlines Holdings has a market capitalization of $32.50 billion.

Buying $1000 In UAL: If an investor had bought $1000 of UAL stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $7,060.39 today based on a price of $98.82 for UAL at the time of writing.

United Airlines Holdings'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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