Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 21.27% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 29.91%. Currently, Intuitive Surgical has a market capitalization of $172.73 billion. Buying $1000 In ISRG: If an investor had bought $1000 of ISRG stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $185,590.16 today based on a price of $486.09 for ISRG at the time of writing. Intuitive Surgical’s Performance Over Last 20 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…