Intuitive Surgical ISRG has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 18.43% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.62%. Currently, Intuitive Surgical has a market capitalization of $200.68 billion.

Buying $1000 In ISRG: If an investor had bought $1000 of ISRG stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $117,740.76 today based on a price of $562.67 for ISRG at the time of writing.

Intuitive Surgical'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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