Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.82% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.1%. Currently, Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $60.94 billion.

Buying $100 In KMI: If an investor had bought $100 of KMI stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $200.37 today based on a price of $27.39 for KMI at the time of writing.

Kinder Morgan’s Performance Over Last 5 Years

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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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