Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 1.87% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.3%. Currently, Walmart has a market capitalization of $702.52 billion.

Buying $100 In WMT: If an investor had bought $100 of WMT stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $316.32 today based on a price of $87.45 for WMT at the time of writing.

Walmart'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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