Imperial Oil IMO has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.98% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.59%. Currently, Imperial Oil has a market capitalization of $36.39 billion.

Buying $100 In IMO: If an investor had bought $100 of IMO stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $262.24 today based on a price of $67.92 for IMO at the time of writing.

Imperial Oil's Performance Over Last 5 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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