Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 26.44% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 37.38%. Currently, Morningstar has a market capitalization of $12.20 billion.

Buying $100 In MORN: If an investor had bought $100 of MORN stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $11,694.77 today based on a price of $284.43 for MORN at the time of writing.

Morningstar'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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