Canadian Natural Res (NYSE:CNQ) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.39% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.03%. Currently, Canadian Natural Res has a market capitalization of $73.54 billion.

Buying $1000 In CNQ: If an investor had bought $1000 of CNQ stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,491.24 today based on a price of $34.80 for CNQ at the time of writing.

Canadian Natural Res'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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