Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 10.74% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 23.51%. Currently, Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $269.49 billion.

Buying $100 In CAT: If an investor had bought $100 of CAT stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $814.06 today based on a price of $573.00 for CAT at the time of writing.

Caterpillar's Performance Over Last 10 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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