Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 7.18% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.6%. Currently, Clean Harbors has a market capitalization of $16.68 billion.

Buying $1000 In CLH: If an investor had bought $1000 of CLH stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $6,468.17 today based on a price of $315.97 for CLH at the time of writing.

Clean Harbors’s Performance Over Last 10 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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