Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.73% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.83%. Currently, Booz Allen Hamilton has a market capitalization of $19.59 billion.

Buying $1000 In BAH: If an investor had bought $1000 of BAH stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,497.46 today based on a price of $151.01 for BAH at the time of writing.

Booz Allen Hamilton's Performance Over Last 5 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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