Linde LIN has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.65% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.97%. Currently, Linde has a market capitalization of $219.43 billion.

Buying $100 In LIN: If an investor had bought $100 of LIN stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $218.87 today based on a price of $460.83 for LIN at the time of writing.

Linde'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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