Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE:RCL) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 15.38% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 27.07%. Currently, Royal Caribbean Group has a market capitalization of $76.54 billion.

Buying $100 In RCL: If an investor had bought $100 of RCL stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $327.41 today based on a price of $285.38 for RCL at the time of writing.

Royal Caribbean Group'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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