Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.65% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.53%. Currently, Canadian National Railway has a market capitalization of $78.39 billion.

Buying $100 In CNI: If an investor had bought $100 of CNI stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $445.29 today based on a price of $118.33 for CNI at the time of writing.

Canadian National Railway's Performance Over Last 15 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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