Republic Servs (NYSE:RSG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.56% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.98%. Currently, Republic Servs has a market capitalization of $51.47 billion.

Buying $1000 In RSG: If an investor had bought $1000 of RSG stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,268.65 today based on a price of $163.57 for RSG at the time of writing.

Republic Servs'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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