Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 9.44% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 23.58%. Currently, Brown & Brown has a market capitalization of $29.36 billion.

Buying $100 In BRO: If an investor had bought $100 of BRO stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $290.56 today based on a price of $102.92 for BRO at the time of writing.

Brown & Brown'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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