Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 26.87% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 38.66%. Currently, Eli Lilly has a market capitalization of $1.00 trillion.

Buying $1000 In LLY: If an investor had bought $1000 of LLY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $5,084.58 today based on a price of $1120.50 for LLY at the time of writing.

Eli Lilly'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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