Canadian Pacific Kansas (NYSE:CP) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 6.42% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.71%. Currently, Canadian Pacific Kansas has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion.

Buying $100 In CP: If an investor had bought $100 of CP stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $1,330.06 today based on a price of $71.80 for CP at the time of writing.

Canadian Pacific Kansas's Performance Over Last 20 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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