McKesson (NYSE:MCK) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 28.89% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 41.14%. Currently, McKesson has a market capitalization of $119.05 billion.

Buying $1000 In MCK: If an investor had bought $1000 of MCK stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $5,599.37 today based on a price of $964.50 for MCK at the time of writing.

McKesson'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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