Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 35.44% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 48.41%. Currently, Eli Lilly has a market capitalization of $956.44 billion.

Buying $100 In LLY: If an investor had bought $100 of LLY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $741.54 today based on a price of $1068.63 for LLY at the time of writing.

Eli Lilly'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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