Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 21.52% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 32.83%. Currently, Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $76.86 billion.

Buying $1000 In MPC: If an investor had bought $1000 of MPC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $4,179.71 today based on a price of $263.28 for MPC at the time of writing.

Marathon Petroleum'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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