Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.22% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.43%. Currently, Southern Copper has a market capitalization of $151.22 billion.

Buying $1000 In SCCO: If an investor had bought $1000 of SCCO stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,458.31 today based on a price of $183.06 for SCCO at the time of writing.

Southern Copper'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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