Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 2.5% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.03%. Currently, Nucor has a market capitalization of $41.99 billion.

Buying $100 In NUE: If an investor had bought $100 of NUE stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $338.34 today based on a price of $174.99 for NUE at the time of writing.

Nucor'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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