The Dow Jones Industrial Average has done fairly well at enriching investors in the past 10 years. A $10,000 investment (with dividends reinvested) in the index in November 2012 would have blossomed into more than $33,500 in 10 years.

But for investors seeking even better returns, other options have delivered superior results. Having parlayed a $10,000 investment to over $77,500 in the same 10-year period, payments processor Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has crushed the Dow Jones. More importantly for investors, outperformance from the stock is poised to continue. Here's why.

Over the last four quarters, Mastercard has processed $8.2 trillion in transactions. This makes the company the second-largest payments processor in the world, behind the $16.3 trillion in transactions that Visa (NYSE: V) has completed in the same period.

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