HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 8.05% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.59%. Currently, HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $107.40 billion.

Buying $1000 In HCA: If an investor had bought $1000 of HCA stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $6,938.67 today based on a price of $470.65 for HCA at the time of writing.

HCA Healthcare'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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