Moodys MCO has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 6.11% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.47%. Currently, Moodys has a market capitalization of $85.42 billion.

Buying $100 In MCO: If an investor had bought $100 of MCO stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $500.48 today based on a price of $471.35 for MCO at the time of writing.

Moodys's Performance Over Last 10 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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