ITT (NYSE:ITT) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 6.63% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.86%. Currently, ITT has a market capitalization of $18.32 billion.

Buying $1000 In ITT: If an investor had bought $1000 of ITT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $18,997.16 today based on a price of $204.96 for ITT at the time of writing.

ITT’s Performance Over Last 20 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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