CRH (NYSE:CRH) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.59% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.14%. Currently, CRH has a market capitalization of $67.22 billion.

Buying $1000 In CRH: If an investor had bought $1000 of CRH stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,434.93 today based on a price of $99.12 for CRH at the time of writing.

CRH'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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