Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.22% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.89%. Currently, Starbucks has a market capitalization of $95.20 billion.

Buying $1000 In SBUX: If an investor had bought $1000 of SBUX stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $6,451.89 today based on a price of $83.81 for SBUX at the time of writing.

Starbucks'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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