RTX (NYSE:RTX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 10.37% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.57%. Currently, RTX has a market capitalization of $282.85 billion.

Buying $1000 In RTX: If an investor had bought $1000 of RTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,705.91 today based on a price of $210.96 for RTX at the time of writing.

RTX'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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