Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 11.51% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.9%. Currently, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $33.00 billion.

Buying $100 In ALNY: If an investor had bought $100 of ALNY stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $3,877.12 today based on a price of $255.89 for ALNY at the time of writing.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals'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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