Shell (NYSE:SHEL) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 9.19% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.43%. Currently, Shell has a market capitalization of $263.50 billion.

Buying $1000 In SHEL: If an investor had bought $1000 of SHEL stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,307.54 today based on a price of $93.88 for SHEL at the time of writing.

Shell'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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