Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 15.41% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.84%. Currently, Banco Santander has a market capitalization of $160.00 billion.

Buying $100 In SAN: If an investor had bought $100 of SAN stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $321.57 today based on a price of $11.03 for SAN at the time of writing.

Banco Santander'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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