Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 20.19% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 28.68%. Currently, Intuitive Surgical has a market capitalization of $182.11 billion.

Buying $100 In ISRG: If an investor had bought $100 of ISRG stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $15,521.76 today based on a price of $511.30 for ISRG at the time of writing.

Intuitive Surgical's Performance Over Last 20 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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