Cummins (NYSE:CMI) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 2.18% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.8%. Currently, Cummins has a market capitalization of $73.50 billion.

Buying $1000 In CMI: If an investor had bought $1000 of CMI stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $4,346.42 today based on a price of $532.00 for CMI at the time of writing.

Cummins’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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