Imperial Oil (AMEX:IMO) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 17.75% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 29.06%. Currently, Imperial Oil has a market capitalization of $59.24 billion.

Buying $1000 In IMO: If an investor had bought $1000 of IMO stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,627.18 today based on a price of $122.49 for IMO at the time of writing.

Imperial Oil'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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