Canadian Natural Res (NYSE:CNQ) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.59% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.9%. Currently, Canadian Natural Res has a market capitalization of $98.75 billion.

Buying $100 In CNQ: If an investor had bought $100 of CNQ stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $291.64 today based on a price of $47.34 for CNQ at the time of writing.

Canadian Natural Res'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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