Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 12.12% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.56%. Currently, Baidu has a market capitalization of $40.54 billion.

Buying $1000 In BIDU: If an investor had bought $1000 of BIDU stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $41,234.17 today based on a price of $115.60 for BIDU at the time of writing.

Baidu's Performance Over Last 20 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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