Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.24% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 30.44%. Currently, Baker Hughes has a market capitalization of $42.04 billion.

Buying $100 In BKR: If an investor had bought $100 of BKR stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $365.89 today based on a price of $42.48 for BKR at the time of writing.

Baker Hughes'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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