Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.6% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.99%. Currently, Laureate Education has a market capitalization of $4.61 billion.

Buying $1000 In LAUR: If an investor had bought $1000 of LAUR stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,163.64 today based on a price of $31.26 for LAUR at the time of writing.

Laureate Education'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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