Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 17.12% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 29.2%. Currently, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $57.65 billion.

Buying $1000 In ALNY: If an investor had bought $1000 of ALNY stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $44,665.30 today based on a price of $436.38 for ALNY at the time of writing.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals's Performance Over Last 15 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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