Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 8.14% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.36%. Currently, Edwards Lifesciences has a market capitalization of $46.11 billion. Buying $100 In EW: If an investor had bought $100 of EW stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $1,643.00 today based on a price of $76.03 for EW at the time of writing. Edwards Lifesciences’s Performance Over Last 15 YearsFinally — 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 ca…