Vistra (NYSE:VST) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 36.69% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 48.8%. Currently, Vistra has a market capitalization of $57.64 billion.

Buying $1000 In VST: If an investor had bought $1000 of VST stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $7,400.00 today based on a price of $170.11 for VST at the time of writing.

Vistra'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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