ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 2.35% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.44%. Currently, ESCO Technologies has a market capitalization of $5.33 billion.

Buying $1000 In ESE: If an investor had bought $1000 of ESE stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,045.48 today based on a price of $206.41 for ESE at the time of writing.

ESCO Technologies'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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