Gartner (NYSE:IT) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 9.96% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.37%. Currently, Gartner has a market capitalization of $28.00 billion.

Buying $100 In IT: If an investor had bought $100 of IT stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $581.56 today based on a price of $355.25 for IT at the time of writing.

Gartner'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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