Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 3.52% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.89%. Currently, Texas Instruments has a market capitalization of $260.22 billion.

Buying $1000 In TXN: If an investor had bought $1000 of TXN stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $9,051.28 today based on a price of $285.93 for TXN at the time of writing.

Texas Instruments's Performance Over Last 15 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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