Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.55% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.8%. Currently, Roper Technologies has a market capitalization of $33.29 billion.

Buying $100 In ROP: If an investor had bought $100 of ROP stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $776.19 today based on a price of $329.88 for ROP at the time of writing.

Roper Technologies's Performance Over Last 20 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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