NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 4.84% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.41%. Currently, NetApp has a market capitalization of $27.41 billion.

Buying $1000 In NTAP: If an investor had bought $1000 of NTAP stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $5,420.09 today based on a price of $138.38 for NTAP at the time of writing.

NetApp’s Performance Over Last 10 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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