Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.72% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.85%. Currently, Carlisle Companies has a market capitalization of $14.21 billion.

Buying $100 In CSL: If an investor had bought $100 of CSL stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $256.02 today based on a price of $328.42 for CSL at the time of writing.

Carlisle Companies'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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