Visa (NYSE:V) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 7.17% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.91%. Currently, Visa has a market capitalization of $565.30 billion.

Buying $1000 In V: If an investor had bought $1000 of V stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $5,200.41 today based on a price of $279.08 for V at the time of writing.

Visa's Performance Over Last 10 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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