Rooms a thousand years wide
I walk in the cold sun and wind
All these years can not begin
One year ago, I made a list of stocks, from my other lists of stocks:
"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."
One year later, it is time to review the results of my would-be superlist:
- 46 of 145 stocks (32%) outperformed the NASDAQ Composite;
- an additional 37 stocks (26%) outperformed the S&P 500;
- an additional 4 stocks (3%) increased in value;
- an additional 56 stocks (39%) decreased in value; and
- the remaining 2 stocks no longer trade as independent companies.
See below for the full list results.
NAME
|
SYMBOL
|
CURRENT MKT CAP
|
1 YR. MKT CAP
|
% CHANGE
|
Shopify Inc.
|
113.363B
|
34.168B
|
231.78%
| |
Teladoc, Inc.
|
14.953B
|
4.761B
|
214.07%
| |
DexCom, Inc.
|
38.228B
|
13.053B
|
192.87%
| |
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
|
71.524B
|
24.643B
|
190.24%
| |
Inphi Corporation
|
5.665B
|
2.374B
|
138.63%
| |
Five9, Inc.
|
7.166B
|
3.075B
|
133.04%
| |
The Trade Desk, Inc.
|
18.723B
|
10.411B
|
79.84%
| |
TAL Education Group
|
40.467B
|
22.76B
|
77.80%
| |
Fiserv, Inc.
|
65.355B
|
36.98B
|
76.73%
| |
Twilio Inc.
|
30.73B
|
17.57B
|
74.90%
| |
Teradyne, Inc.
|
14.009B
|
8.107B
|
72.80%
| |
Okta, Inc.
|
24.95B
|
14.553B
|
71.44%
| |
Lululemon Athletica Inc.
|
40.626B
|
23.969B
|
69.49%
| |
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
|
21.662B
|
13.225B
|
63.80%
| |
Fortinet, Inc.
|
22.19B
|
13.623B
|
62.89%
| |
Splunk Inc.
|
31.567B
|
19.419B
|
62.56%
| |
Masimo Corporation
|
12.338B
|
7.95B
|
55.19%
| |
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
|
204.543B
|
138.266B
|
47.93%
| |
Alteryx, Inc.
|
10.836B
|
7.413B
|
46.18%
| |
The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
|
6.536B
|
4.473B
|
46.12%
| |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
|
29.351B
|
20.139B
|
45.74%
| |
Square, Inc.
|
46.105B
|
31.74B
|
45.26%
| |
EPAM Systems, Inc.
|
EPAM
|
14.022B
|
9.691B
|
44.69%
|
Equinix, Inc.
|
62.164B
|
43.227B
|
43.81%
| |
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
|
18.99B
|
13.219B
|
43.66%
| |
Ansys, Inc.
|
24.971B
|
17.44B
|
43.18%
| |
IAC/InterActiveCorp
|
27.478B
|
19.318B
|
42.24%
| |
Paylocity Holding Corporation
|
7.832B
|
5.542B
|
41.32%
| |
ServiceNow, Inc.
|
77.247B
|
55.305B
|
39.67%
| |
Pegasystems Inc.
|
8.103B
|
5.811B
|
39.44%
| |
Veeva Systems Inc.
|
35.197B
|
25.316B
|
39.03%
| |
Atlassian Corporation Plc
|
44.243B
|
32.148B
|
37.62%
| |
Dollar General Corporation
|
47.956B
|
35.396B
|
35.48%
| |
NICE Ltd.
|
11.926B
|
8.807B
|
35.42%
| |
CoStar Group, Inc.
|
27.972B
|
20.664B
|
35.37%
| |
Prologis, Inc.
|
68.932B
|
51.36B
|
34.21%
| |
Target Corporation
|
59.967B
|
44.705B
|
34.14%
| |
Moody's Corporation
|
51.512B
|
38.789B
|
32.80%
| |
Roku, Inc.
|
14.067B
|
10.789B
|
30.38%
| |
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
|
3.648B
|
2.824B
|
29.18%
| |
Zillow Group, Inc.
|
12.7B
|
9.873B
|
28.63%
| |
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
|
581.568B
|
452.914B
|
28.41%
| |
Paycom Software, Inc.
|
18.14B
|
14.152B
|
28.18%
| |
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
|
102.016B
|
80.179B
|
27.24%
| |
Fair Isaac Corporation
|
12.125B
|
9.607B
|
26.21%
| |
Crown Castle International Corp.
|
69.743B
|
55.278B
|
26.17%
| |
NASDAQ Composite
|
25.64%
| |||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
|
8.628B
|
6.896B
|
25.12%
| |
The Sherwin-Williams Company
|
52.469B
|
41.979B
|
24.99%
| |
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
|
3.16B
|
2.532B
|
24.80%
| |
Ciena Corporation
|
8.321B
|
6.691B
|
24.36%
| |
Sony Corporation
|
83.703B
|
67.945B
|
23.19%
| |
Danaher Corporation
|
125.022B
|
102.584B
|
21.87%
| |
Netflix, Inc.
|
200.128B
|
166.896B
|
19.91%
| |
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
|
11.117B
|
9.357B
|
18.81%
| |
NextEra Energy, Inc.
|
117.551B
|
99.16B
|
18.55%
| |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
|
28.041B
|
23.715B
|
18.24%
| |
Best Buy Co., Inc.
|
22.543B
|
19.219B
|
17.30%
| |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
|
143.107B
|
122.166B
|
17.14%
| |
The Home Depot, Inc.
|
269.429B
|
233.215B
|
15.53%
| |
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
|
27.616B
|
23.917B
|
15.47%
| |
Copart, Inc.
|
19.55B
|
17.177B
|
13.81%
| |
Nasdaq, Inc.
|
19.602B
|
17.24B
|
13.70%
| |
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
|
13.305B
|
11.739B
|
13.34%
| |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
|
43.954B
|
38.947B
|
12.86%
| |
Broadcom Inc.
|
126.934B
|
113.407B
|
11.93%
| |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
|
23.926B
|
21.51B
|
11.23%
| |
Churchill Downs Incorporated
|
5.251B
|
4.723B
|
11.18%
| |
Mercury Systems, Inc.
|
4.373B
|
3.942B
|
10.93%
| |
QUALCOMM Incorporated
|
102.605B
|
93.159B
|
10.14%
| |
Intuit Inc.
|
77.238B
|
70.604B
|
9.40%
| |
Analog Devices, Inc.
|
45.184B
|
41.304B
|
9.39%
| |
Guidewire Software, Inc.
|
9.221B
|
8.449B
|
9.14%
| |
Abbott Laboratories
|
161.726B
|
149.482B
|
8.19%
| |
Fox Factory Holding Corp.
|
3.42B
|
3.181B
|
7.51%
| |
Texas Instruments Incorporated
|
116.53B
|
108.776B
|
7.13%
| |
Walmart, Inc.
|
339.211B
|
318.273B
|
6.58%
| |
Mastercard Incorporated
|
296.806B
|
278.929B
|
6.41%
| |
Xcel Energy Inc.
|
32.823B
|
30.947B
|
6.06%
| |
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
|
53.328B
|
50.51B
|
5.58%
| |
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
|
34.678B
|
32.933B
|
5.30%
| |
Cree, Inc.
|
6.402B
|
6.1B
|
4.95%
| |
CoreSite Realty Corporation
|
4.589B
|
4.389B
|
4.56%
| |
American States Water Company
|
2.9B
|
2.79B
|
3.94%
| |
S&P 500
|
3.79%
| |||
Monster Beverage Corporation
|
36.501B
|
35.849B
|
1.82%
| |
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
|
67.925B
|
67.319B
|
0.90%
| |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
|
50.126B
|
49.754B
|
0.75%
| |
CarMax, Inc.
|
14.575B
|
14.474B
|
0.70%
| |
SAP SE
|
165.827B
|
167.375B
|
-0.92%
| |
NVR, Inc.
|
11.995B
|
12.2B
|
-1.68%
| |
Illumina, Inc.
|
54.441B
|
55.645B
|
-2.16%
| |
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
|
4.381B
|
4.509B
|
-2.84%
| |
AutoZone, Inc.
|
26.352B
|
27.289B
|
-3.43%
| |
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
|
11.033B
|
11.516B
|
-4.19%
| |
Waste Connections, Inc.
|
24.657B
|
25.772B
|
-4.33%
| |
Aon plc
|
44.507B
|
46.786B
|
-4.87%
| |
Deere & Company
|
49.166B
|
51.753B
|
-5.00%
| |
The Progressive Corporation
|
46.888B
|
49.382B
|
-5.05%
| |
Republic Services, Inc.
|
26.118B
|
27.949B
|
-6.55%
| |
GrubHub Inc.
|
6.484B
|
6.959B
|
-6.83%
| |
Restaurant Brands International Inc.
|
QSR
|
16.398B
|
17.746B
|
-7.60%
|
VeriSign, Inc.
|
23.897B
|
25.87B
|
-7.63%
| |
Mettler-Toledo International Inc.
|
19.259B
|
20.86B
|
-7.67%
| |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
|
63.989B
|
69.515B
|
-7.95%
| |
Anthem, Inc.
|
66.301B
|
72.2B
|
-8.17%
| |
Beyond Meat, Inc.
|
8.338B
|
9.109B
|
-8.46%
| |
Proofpoint, Inc.
|
6.368B
|
6.975B
|
-8.70%
| |
Elbit Systems Ltd.
|
6.093B
|
6.69B
|
-8.92%
| |
TransDigm Group Incorporated
|
23.903B
|
26.42B
|
-9.53%
| |
Workday, Inc.
|
44.03B
|
48.997B
|
-10.14%
| |
Paychex, Inc.
|
27.173B
|
30.534B
|
-11.01%
| |
Extra Space Storage Inc.
|
11.924B
|
13.677B
|
-12.82%
| |
Stryker Corporation
|
67.639B
|
77.809B
|
-13.07%
| |
Dollar Tree, Inc.
|
21.987B
|
25.731B
|
-14.55%
| |
McDonald's Corporation
|
MCD
|
137.164B
|
161.049B
|
-14.83%
|
Boston Scientific Corporation
|
50.163B
|
58.994B
|
-14.97%
| |
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
|
23.831B
|
28.075B
|
-15.12%
| |
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
|
9.168B
|
11.184B
|
-18.03%
| |
Xilinx, Inc.
|
23.928B
|
29.215B
|
-18.10%
| |
Cisco Systems, Inc.
|
196.928B
|
241.776B
|
-18.55%
| |
Credit Acceptance Corporation
|
7.395B
|
9.123B
|
-18.94%
| |
Service Corporation International
|
6.928B
|
8.585B
|
-19.30%
| |
Honeywell International Inc.
|
101.48B
|
127.23B
|
-20.24%
| |
CME Group Inc.
|
58.285B
|
73.361B
|
-20.55%
| |
CyberArk Software Ltd.
|
3.845B
|
4.865B
|
-20.97%
| |
HDFC Bank Limited
|
77.814B
|
98.802B
|
-21.24%
| |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
|
7.069B
|
8.994B
|
-21.40%
| |
Universal Display Corporation
|
7.048B
|
8.999B
|
-21.68%
| |
The Walt Disney Company
|
201.417B
|
257.321B
|
-21.73%
| |
YUM! Brands, Inc.
|
26.159B
|
33.746B
|
-22.48%
| |
Columbia Sportswear Company
|
5.328B
|
6.929B
|
-23.11%
| |
Arista Networks, Inc.
|
15.9B
|
20.794B
|
-23.54%
| |
HEICO Corporation
|
11.959B
|
16.202B
|
-26.19%
| |
Planet Fitness, Inc.
|
5.236B
|
7.161B
|
-26.88%
| |
Tyson Foods, Inc.
|
21.754B
|
29.973B
|
-27.42%
| |
Baozun Inc.
|
2.423B
|
3.365B
|
-27.99%
| |
V.F. Corporation
|
23.74B
|
34.926B
|
-32.03%
| |
Erie Indemnity Company
|
8.864B
|
13.619B
|
-34.91%
| |
Aflac Incorporated
|
25.852B
|
41.918B
|
-38.33%
| |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
|
11.455B
|
19.953B
|
-42.59%
| |
DMC Global Inc.
|
0.407133B
|
0.908B
|
-55.16%
| |
Canopy Growth Corporation
|
5.974B
|
13.515B
|
-55.80%
| |
Canopy Growth Corporation
|
8.135B
|
18.511B
|
-56.05%
| |
Tilray, Inc.
|
0.887769B
|
4.534B
|
-80.42%
|
