Applied Industrial Techs (NYSE:AIT) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.84% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.63%. Currently, Applied Industrial Techs has a market capitalization of $6.94 billion. Buying $100 In AIT: If an investor had bought $100 of AIT stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $326.37 today based on a price of $179.41 for AIT at the time of writing. Applied Industrial Techs’s Performance Over Last 5 YearsFinally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounde…