American Water Works Co (NYSE:AWK) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.56% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.68%. Currently, American Water Works Co has a market capitalization of $28.43 billion.

Buying $1000 In AWK: If an investor had bought $1000 of AWK stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $6,649.70 today based on a price of $145.79 for AWK at the time of writing.

American Water Works Co'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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