Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 5.48% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.1%. Currently, Wintrust Financial has a market capitalization of $8.62 billion.

Buying $1000 In WTFC: If an investor had bought $1000 of WTFC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,427.92 today based on a price of $128.68 for WTFC at the time of writing.

Wintrust Financial'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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