Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 41.31% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 55.76%. Currently, Republic Services has a market capitalization of $78.02 billion.

Buying $100 In RSG: If an investor had bought $100 of RSG stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $863.32 today based on a price of $249.67 for RSG at the time of writing.

Republic Services'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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