Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 10.76% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.27%. Currently, Curtiss-Wright has a market capitalization of $27.01 billion.

Buying $100 In CW: If an investor had bought $100 of CW stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $878.68 today based on a price of $731.24 for CW at the time of writing.

Curtiss-Wright's Performance Over Last 10 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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