Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 2.84% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.78%. Currently, Oracle has a market capitalization of $279.53 billion.

Buying $1000 In ORCL: If an investor had bought $1000 of ORCL stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,026.70 today based on a price of $102.04 for ORCL at the time of writing.

Oracle's Performance Over Last 10 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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