$1000 Invested In This Stock 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth $3,100 Today

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.36%. Currently, W.W. Grainger has a market capitalization of $47.56 billion.

Buying $1000 In GWW: If an investor had bought $1000 of GWW stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,068.21 today based on a price of $958.18 for GWW at the time of writing.

W.W. Grainger'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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