Alnylam Pharmaceuticals ALNY has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 8.34% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.61%. Currently, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $36.14 billion.

Buying $1000 In ALNY: If an investor had bought $1000 of ALNY stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $16,726.61 today based on a price of $280.16 for ALNY at the time of writing.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals'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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