Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 14.06% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 27.06%. Currently, Intuitive Surgical has a market capitalization of $141.49 billion.

Buying $1000 In ISRG: If an investor had bought $1000 of ISRG stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $37,132.33 today based on a price of $399.17 for ISRG at the time of writing.

Intuitive Surgical'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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