Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 5.89% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.24%. Currently, Energy Transfer has a market capitalization of $67.08 billion.

Buying $1000 In ET: If an investor had bought $1000 of ET stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,261.30 today based on a price of $19.50 for ET at the time of writing.

Energy Transfer'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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