Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.25% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.32%. Currently, Ciena has a market capitalization of $18.52 billion.

Buying $1000 In CIEN: If an investor had bought $1000 of CIEN stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,144.12 today based on a price of $131.00 for CIEN at the time of writing.

Ciena'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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