Charles River (NYSE:CRL) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.07% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.79%. Currently, Charles River has a market capitalization of $14.32 billion.

Buying $100 In CRL: If an investor had bought $100 of CRL stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $887.92 today based on a price of $280.05 for CRL at the time of writing.

Charles River’s Performance Over Last 15 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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