Bank of New York Mellon BK has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.99% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.14%. Currently, Bank of New York Mellon has a market capitalization of $63.16 billion.

Buying $1000 In BK: If an investor had bought $1000 of BK stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,148.68 today based on a price of $88.01 for BK at the time of writing.

Bank of New York Mellon'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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