If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $1,300 Today

FactSet Research Systems FDS has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 4.38% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.31%. Currently, FactSet Research Systems has a market capitalization of $17.58 billion.

Buying $100 In FDS: If an investor had bought $100 of FDS stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $1,273.92 today based on a price of $461.54 for FDS at the time of writing.

FactSet Research Systems's Performance Over Last 15 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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