Or would you make it right, make it right?
Looking for a pedestal that I can put you on
And be on my way, on my way
Fun fact: I have 12 "watchlists", broken out by sector, which in total contain 455 stocks. These watchlists mostly consist of stocks that at some point in time made me say "wow, that is interesting", followed by me forgetting about them entirely, followed by me looking at them and saying "what is this, and why is it here?"
I also have a 13th watchlist entitled "Short List" consisting of the stocks that I actually pay attention to, and have varying degrees of intent for addition to my portfolio in the future.
I have completed the yearly effort to update the "Short List" by combing through all 13 watchlists, looking for one particular characteristic: the stock must have consistently outperformed the market, across several historical time horizons.
The following 145 stocks made the cut. They may have questionable valuation/financials, or lack upside due to shear size, or participate in a boring business, or represent additional risks going forward; but if the point of investing in individual stocks is to beat the broader market, all of these stocks have a history of doing exactly just that...which may be the most fundamental characteristic of all.
I will track these and post an update one year from now. Find out how the choices of the last three years performed: 2018, 2017, 2016.
NAME | SYMBOL | CURRENT MKT CAP | # YEARS ON LIST |
Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 452.914B | 2 | |
Walmart, Inc. | 318.273B | - | |
Mastercard Incorporated | 278.929B | 1 | |
The Walt Disney Company | 257.321B | - | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 241.776B | - | |
The Home Depot, Inc. | 233.215B | 3 | |
SAP SE | 167.375B | - | |
Netflix, Inc. | 166.896B | 3 | |
McDonald's Corporation | 161.049B | - | |
Abbott Laboratories | 149.482B | - | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 138.266B | 2 | |
Honeywell International Inc. | 127.23B | - | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 122.166B | 3 | |
Broadcom Inc. | 113.407B | - | |
Texas Instruments Incorporated | 108.776B | - | |
Danaher Corporation | 102.584B | - | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 99.16B | - | |
HDFC Bank Limited | 98.802B | 3 | |
QUALCOMM Incorporated | 93.159B | - | |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 80.179B | - | |
Stryker Corporation | 77.809B | 3 | |
CME Group Inc. | 73.361B | 3 | |
Anthem, Inc. | 72.2B | 2 | |
Intuit Inc. | 70.604B | 1 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 69.515B | 1 | |
Sony Corporation | 67.945B | - | |
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | 67.319B | - | |
Boston Scientific Corporation | 58.994B | 3 | |
Illumina, Inc. | 55.645B | 1 | |
ServiceNow, Inc. | 55.305B | 2 | |
Crown Castle International Corp. | 55.278B | - | |
Deere & Company | 51.753B | - | |
Prologis, Inc. | 51.36B | - | |
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 50.51B | - | |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 49.754B | - | |
The Progressive Corporation | 49.382B | 1 | |
Workday, Inc. | 48.997B | - | |
Aon plc | 46.786B | - | |
Target Corporation | 44.705B | - | |
Equinix, Inc. | 43.227B | - | |
The Sherwin-Williams Company | 41.979B | - | |
Aflac Incorporated | 41.918B | - | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | 41.304B | - | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 38.947B | 3 | |
Moody's Corporation | 38.789B | 2 | |
Fiserv, Inc. | 36.98B | 1 | |
Monster Beverage Corporation | 35.849B | - | |
Dollar General Corporation | 35.396B | - | |
V.F. Corporation | 34.926B | - | |
Shopify Inc. | 34.168B | - | |
YUM! Brands, Inc. | 33.746B | - | |
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | 32.933B | - | |
Atlassian Corporation Plc | 32.148B | - | |
Square, Inc. | 31.74B | 2 | |
Xcel Energy Inc. | 30.947B | - | |
Paychex, Inc. | 30.534B | - | |
Tyson Foods, Inc. | 29.973B | - | |
Xilinx, Inc. | 29.215B | - | |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 28.075B | - | |
Republic Services, Inc. | 27.949B | - | |
AutoZone, Inc. | 27.289B | - | |
TransDigm Group Incorporated | 26.42B | 3 | |
VeriSign, Inc. | 25.87B | 1 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | 25.772B | 3 | |
Dollar Tree, Inc. | 25.731B | - | |
Veeva Systems Inc. | 25.316B | 2 | |
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | 24.643B | - | |
Lululemon Athletica Inc. | 23.969B | - | |
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 23.917B | - | |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | 23.715B | 1 | |
Total System Services, Inc. | 23.08B | 3 | |
TAL Education Group | 22.76B | - | |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 21.51B | - | |
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | 20.86B | - | |
Arista Networks, Inc. | 20.794B | 1 | |
CoStar Group, Inc. | 20.664B | 2 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | 20.139B | - | |
Ulta Beauty, Inc. | 19.953B | - | |
Splunk Inc. | 19.419B | - | |
IAC/InterActiveCorp | 19.318B | 2 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 19.219B | 2 | |
Canopy Growth Corporation | 18.511B | 1 | |
Restaurant Brands International Inc. | 17.746B | - | |
Twilio Inc. | 17.57B | - | |
Ansys, Inc. | 17.44B | 2 | |
Nasdaq, Inc. | 17.24B | 3 | |
Copart, Inc. | 17.177B | 3 | |
HEICO Corporation | 16.202B | 3 | |
Okta, Inc. | 14.553B | - | |
CarMax, Inc. | 14.474B | - | |
Paycom Software, Inc. | 14.152B | 3 | |
Extra Space Storage Inc. | 13.677B | - | |
Fortinet, Inc. | 13.623B | - | |
Erie Indemnity Company | 13.619B | - | |
Canopy Growth Corporation | 13.515B | - | |
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | 13.225B | - | |
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. | 13.219B | - | |
DexCom, Inc. | 13.053B | 1 | |
NVR, Inc. | 12.2B | 3 | |
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 11.739B | - | |
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | 11.516B | - | |
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | 11.184B | - | |
Roku, Inc. | 10.789B | 1 | |
The Trade Desk, Inc. | 10.411B | - | |
Zillow Group, Inc. | 9.873B | 3 | |
EPAM Systems, Inc. | 9.691B | - | |
Fair Isaac Corporation | 9.607B | 2 | |
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. | 9.357B | 3 | |
Credit Acceptance Corporation | 9.123B | - | |
Beyond Meat, Inc. | 9.109B | - | |
Universal Display Corporation | 8.999B | - | |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. | 8.994B | - | |
NICE Ltd. | 8.807B | 1 | |
Service Corporation International | 8.585B | - | |
Guidewire Software, Inc. | 8.449B | 2 | |
Teradyne, Inc. | 8.107B | - | |
Masimo Corporation | 7.95B | - | |
Alteryx, Inc. | 7.413B | - | |
Planet Fitness, Inc. | 7.161B | - | |
Proofpoint, Inc. | 6.975B | 3 | |
GrubHub Inc. | 6.959B | 1 | |
Columbia Sportswear Company | 6.929B | 1 | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 6.896B | - | |
Ciena Corporation | 6.691B | - | |
Elbit Systems Ltd. | 6.69B | - | |
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. | 6.219B | - | |
Cree, Inc. | 6.1B | 1 | |
Pegasystems Inc. | 5.811B | - | |
Paylocity Holding Corporation | 5.542B | - | |
CyberArk Software Ltd. | 4.865B | 1 | |
Teladoc, Inc. | 4.761B | 1 | |
Churchill Downs Incorporated | 4.723B | - | |
Tilray, Inc. | 4.534B | - | |
Silicon Laboratories Inc. | 4.509B | - | |
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | 4.473B | - | |
CoreSite Realty Corporation | 4.389B | - | |
Mercury Systems, Inc. | 3.942B | - | |
Baozun Inc. | 3.365B | 1 | |
Fox Factory Holding Corp. | 3.181B | - | |
Five9, Inc. | 3.075B | - | |
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 2.824B | - | |
American States Water Company | 2.79B | - | |
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. | 2.532B | - | |
Inphi Corporation | 2.374B | - | |
DMC Global Inc. | 0.908B | 1 |
