Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 11.79% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.06%. Currently, Ovintiv has a market capitalization of $9.88 billion.

Buying $1000 In OVV: If an investor had bought $1000 of OVV stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,813.99 today based on a price of $39.03 for OVV at the time of writing.

Ovintiv'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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