Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 7.1% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.65%. Currently, Lowe's Companies has a market capitalization of $132.00 billion.

Buying $1000 In LOW: If an investor had bought $1000 of LOW stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $4,982.93 today based on a price of $230.69 for LOW at the time of writing.

Lowe's Companies'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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