Westinghouse Air Brake (NYSE:WAB) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 4.29% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.16%. Currently, Westinghouse Air Brake has a market capitalization of $31.79 billion.

Buying $100 In WAB: If an investor had bought $100 of WAB stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $830.79 today based on a price of $186.10 for WAB at the time of writing.

Westinghouse Air Brake's Performance Over Last 15 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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