Sherwin-Williams SHW has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 8.13% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.09%. Currently, Sherwin-Williams has a market capitalization of $76.13 billion.

Buying $100 In SHW: If an investor had bought $100 of SHW stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $1,539.88 today based on a price of $299.61 for SHW at the time of writing.

Sherwin-Williams's Performance Over Last 15 Years

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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