Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 13.26% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.63%. Currently, Intuitive Surgical has a market capitalization of $185.93 billion.

Buying $100 In ISRG: If an investor had bought $100 of ISRG stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $913.28 today based on a price of $522.00 for ISRG at the time of writing.

Intuitive Surgical's Performance Over Last 10 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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