Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 2.14% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.68%. Currently, Nucor has a market capitalization of $36.45 billion.

Buying $100 In NUE: If an investor had bought $100 of NUE stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $732.22 today based on a price of $152.02 for NUE at the time of writing.

Nucor's Performance Over Last 20 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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