Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 34.79% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 42.13%. Currently, Etsy has a market capitalization of $15.85 billion.

Buying $100 In ETSY: If an investor had bought $100 of ETSY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $580.00 today based on a price of $126.13 for ETSY at the time of writing.

Etsy'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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