Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.86% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.19%. Currently, Alcoa has a market capitalization of $19.02 billion.

Buying $100 In AA: If an investor had bought $100 of AA stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $226.88 today based on a price of $72.08 for AA at the time of writing.

Alcoa's Performance Over Last 5 Years

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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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