AAR (NYSE:AIR) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 22.47% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 33.98%. Currently, AAR has a market capitalization of $5.80 billion.

Buying $1000 In AIR: If an investor had bought $1000 of AIR stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $4,269.15 today based on a price of $145.45 for AIR at the time of writing.

AAR’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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