Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.2% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.47%. Currently, Commercial Metals has a market capitalization of $5.94 billion.

Buying $1000 In CMC: If an investor had bought $1000 of CMC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,525.67 today based on a price of $52.28 for CMC at the time of writing.

Commercial Metals'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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