Westinghouse Air Brake (NYSE:WAB) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 14.85% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.16%. Currently, Westinghouse Air Brake has a market capitalization of $40.58 billion.

Buying $1000 In WAB: If an investor had bought $1000 of WAB stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,145.80 today based on a price of $237.98 for WAB at the time of writing.

Westinghouse Air Brake'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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