Boston Scientific BSX has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 9.97% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 28.2%. Currently, Boston Scientific has a market capitalization of $140.77 billion.

Buying $1000 In BSX: If an investor had bought $1000 of BSX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,951.28 today based on a price of $95.39 for BSX at the time of writing.

Boston Scientific'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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