If You Invested $100 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $2,200 Today

Edwards Lifesciences EW has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 8.4% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.83%. Currently, Edwards Lifesciences has a market capitalization of $38.43 billion.

Buying $100 In EW: If an investor had bought $100 of EW stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $2,203.74 today based on a price of $63.78 for EW at the time of writing.

Edwards Lifesciences's Performance Over Last 20 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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