Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 7.93% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.74%. Currently, Salesforce has a market capitalization of $181.93 billion.

Buying $100 In CRM: If an investor had bought $100 of CRM stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $2,234.09 today based on a price of $190.30 for CRM at the time of writing.

Salesforce'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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