Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 4.47% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.67%. Currently, Halliburton has a market capitalization of $32.84 billion.

Buying $100 In HAL: If an investor had bought $100 of HAL stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $205.89 today based on a price of $39.02 for HAL at the time of writing.

Halliburton'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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