Canadian Natural Res CNQ has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.1%. Currently, Canadian Natural Res has a market capitalization of $67.58 billion.

Buying $1000 In CNQ: If an investor had bought $1000 of CNQ stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $6,842.22 today based on a price of $31.77 for CNQ at the time of writing.

Canadian Natural Res's Performance Over Last 20 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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