If You Invested $100 In This Stock 5 Years Ago, You Would Have $700 Today

Eli Lilly and Co LLY has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 35.98% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 48.73%. Currently, Eli Lilly and Co has a market capitalization of $787.98 billion.

Buying $100 In LLY: If an investor had bought $100 of LLY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $700.55 today based on a price of $829.10 for LLY at the time of writing.

Eli Lilly and Co'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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