Lowe's Companies LOW has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 4.94% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.94%. Currently, Lowe's Companies has a market capitalization of $128.23 billion.

Buying $1000 In LOW: If an investor had bought $1000 of LOW stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $9,100.76 today based on a price of $228.97 for LOW at the time of writing.

Lowe's Companies'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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