Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 17.13% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 30.39%. Currently, Cardinal Health has a market capitalization of $48.97 billion.

Buying $1000 In CAH: If an investor had bought $1000 of CAH stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,524.20 today based on a price of $206.10 for CAH at the time of writing.

Cardinal Health'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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