10 Of The Best Performing Growth Stocks From The Past Decade | A Review

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Best performing stocks from the last decade originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". We all love it to see how our investments grow. Not enough, we spent much more time for searching those stocks that tenfold over the next ten years.

Have you ever had some stocks that doubled in a year, quadrupled in five years and even tenfold in ten years? I do. But I sold the stocks before they started to run. No good choice from me.

Only growth can make you rich. If you buy a stock at a low market capitalization and the company grows over the next twenty years with rates around the double-digit rage, your wealth will follow.

So, let’s spent some time and learn from the best growth stocks of the recent decade. Many of the other top stocks were indeed small and obscure, however. Eight of the companies were valued below $100 million a decade ago. And four of the companies still have market caps below $1 billion, even with the remarkable returns they were able to generate over the past decade.

Only two stocks of the best growth stocks from the past decade pay dividends as of now. But they have much more to offer: Growth and cash!

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $482.44 billion. The company employs 72,800 people, generates revenue of $156.508 billion and has a net income of $41.733 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $58.446 billion. The EBITDA margin is 37.34 percent (the operating margin is 35.30 percent and the net profit margin 26.67 percent).

Financial Analysis: AAPL has no long-term debt. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $44.16. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.65 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.61, the P/S ratio is 3.10 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.09. The dividend yield amounts to 2.06 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.21.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Apple (AAPL)

Priceline.com (NASDAQ:PCLN) has a market capitalization of $30.37 billion. The company employs 6,600 people, generates revenue of $4.355 billion and has a net income of $1.059 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.452 billion. The EBITDA margin is 33.35 percent (the operating margin is 32.12 percent and the net profit margin 24.32 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 14.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 22.34 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 48.15 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $26.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid no dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.00, the P/S ratio is 6.98 and the P/B ratio is finally 11.80. The beta ratio has a value of 1.27.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Priceline.com (PCLN)

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) has a market capitalization of $8.95 billion. The company employs 701 people, generates revenue of $1,703.23 million and has a net income of $286.22 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $473.50 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.80 percent (the operating margin is 26.80 percent and the net profit margin 16.80 percent).

Financial Analysis: The company has no long-term debt. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 31.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.82. Last fiscal year, the company paid no dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.74, the P/S ratio is 5.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 9.29. The beta ratio has a value of 0.36.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Monster Beverage (MNST)

Take a closer look at the full list of the best performing growth stocks over the past decade. The average P/E ratio amounts to 28.26 and forward P/E ratio is 15.16. The dividend yield has a value of 0.91 percent. Price to book ratio is 8.74 and price to sales ratio 4.30. The operating margin amounts to 23.39 percent and the beta ratio is 1.33. The best growth stocks still grow. For the next five years, earnings are expected to grow by 21.54 percent in average.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

10 Best Growth Stocks Of The Recent 10 Years (Click to enlarge)

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WETF, NEU, PCLN, AAPL, DXPE, ARSD, TGE, TNH, SBAC, MNST

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