First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 8.8% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.29%. Currently, First Citizens BancShares has a market capitalization of $23.27 billion.

Buying $1000 In FCNCA: If an investor had bought $1000 of FCNCA stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $6,842.67 today based on a price of $1801.23 for FCNCA at the time of writing.

First Citizens BancShares'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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