Waste Management (NYSE:WM) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 1.47% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.26%. Currently, Waste Management has a market capitalization of $91.45 billion.

Buying $1000 In WM: If an investor had bought $1000 of WM stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $4,139.26 today based on a price of $227.00 for WM at the time of writing.

Waste Management'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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