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Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) has a market capitalization of $9.94 billion. The company employs 5,807 people, generates revenue of $1,000.84 million and has a net income of $184.96 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $316.98 million. The EBITDA margin is 31.67 percent (operating margin 28.67 percent and net profit margin 18.48 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 37.12 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid no dividends to shareholders. LULU has a total 3-Year total return of 109 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 46.46, P/S ratio 7.77 and P/B ratio 16.48. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 2.38.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Lululemon Athletica (Click to enlarge) |
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) has a market capitalization of $11.69 billion. The company employs 30,940 people, generates revenue of $2,269.55 million and has a net income of $214.94 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $425.50 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.75 percent (operating margin 15.45 percent and net profit margin 9.47 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.35 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.17 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.60. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders. CMG has a total 3-Year total return of 68 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.25, P/S ratio 3.39 and P/B ratio 7.27. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 0.88.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Chipotle Mexican Grill (Click to enlarge) |
HollyFrontier (NYSE:HFC) has a market capitalization of $7.77 billion. The company employs 2,382 people, generates revenue of $15,439.53 million and has a net income of $1,059.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,876.14 million. The EBITDA margin is 12.15 percent (operating margin 11.12 percent and net profit margin 6.86 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 23.34 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.68 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.09. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.34 in form of dividends to shareholders. HFC has a total 3-Year total return of 64 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.38, P/S ratio 0.50 and P/B ratio 1.54. Dividend Yield: 1.57 percent. The beta ratio is 1.01.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of HollyFrontier (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of HollyFrontier (HFC) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the 10 best growth investments over the past three years. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 43.40 and forward P/E ratio is 19.87. The dividend
yield has a value of 0.48 percent. Price to book ratio is 7.22 and price to
sales ratio 5.64. The operating margin amounts to 21.52 percent. The average
stock is low leveraged and has a debt to equity ratio of 0.24.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| 10 Best Growth Investments By Total Return (Click to enlarge) |
Here is the full list sorted by Total Return:
Rank
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Company
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Fastest-growing
|
Total return
|
rank
|
(3-year)
|
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1
|
Questcor Pharmaceuticals
|
28
|
120%
|
2
|
3D Systems
|
12
|
112%
|
3
|
TPC Group
|
36
|
111%
|
4
|
lululemon athletica
|
6
|
109%
|
5
|
Catamaran
|
11
|
98%
|
6
|
Cirrus Logic
|
2
|
88%
|
7
|
priceline.com
|
14
|
81%
|
8
|
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
|
17
|
69%
|
9
|
Chipotle Mexican Grill
|
73
|
68%
|
10
|
HollyFrontier
|
4
|
64%
|
11
|
Under Armour
|
51
|
62%
|
12
|
Apple
|
8
|
60%
|
13
|
IPG Photonics
|
9
|
58%
|
14
|
51job
|
20
|
57%
|
15
|
Baidu
|
3
|
56%
|
16
|
East West Bancorp
|
79
|
55%
|
17
|
Hi-Tech Pharmacal
|
22
|
54%
|
18
|
Wynn Resorts
|
26
|
53%
|
19
|
HFF
|
5
|
53%
|
20
|
OYO Geospace
|
31
|
52%
|
21
|
Pioneer Natural Resources
|
29
|
51%
|
22
|
Intuitive Surgical
|
50
|
50%
|
23
|
RPC
|
10
|
50%
|
24
|
TransGlobe Energy
|
30
|
50%
|
25
|
VMware
|
52
|
49%
|
26
|
Silver Wheaton
|
1
|
49%
|
27
|
Fossil
|
86
|
47%
|
28
|
Rackspace Hosting
|
67
|
47%
|
29
|
Epoch Holding
|
19
|
45%
|
30
|
Gulfport Energy
|
27
|
44%
|
31
|
Concho Resources
|
32
|
44%
|
32
|
IMAX
|
82
|
44%
|
33
|
MWI Veterinary Supply
|
80
|
43%
|
34
|
MarketAxess Holdings
|
33
|
43%
|
35
|
F5 Networks
|
53
|
42%
|
36
|
MercadoLibre
|
41
|
42%
|
37
|
Triumph Group
|
44
|
42%
|
38
|
Steven Madden
|
56
|
41%
|
39
|
Impax Laboratories
|
13
|
40%
|
40
|
AmTrust Financial Services
|
60
|
40%
|
41
|
SciClone Pharmaceuticals
|
39
|
40%
|
42
|
Internet Initiative Japan
|
65
|
40%
|
43
|
SolarWinds
|
76
|
38%
|
44
|
Ascena Retail Group
|
58
|
38%
|
45
|
Coinstar
|
15
|
37%
|
46
|
Ultratech
|
49
|
37%
|
47
|
Northern Oil and Gas
|
7
|
36%
|
48
|
Darling International
|
40
|
36%
|
49
|
HMS Holdings
|
92
|
35%
|
50
|
EZchip Semiconductor
|
62
|
35%
|
51
|
Netgear
|
45
|
34%
|
52
|
Titan Machinery
|
66
|
34%
|
53
|
Portfolio Recovery
|
100
|
33%
|
54
|
Whiting Petroleum
|
70
|
33%
|
55
|
Cognizant Technology Solutions
|
85
|
31%
|
56
|
Encore Capital Group
|
90
|
31%
|
57
|
ExlService Holdings
|
61
|
30%
|
58
|
SVB Financial
|
83
|
29%
|
59
|
Clean Harbors
|
69
|
28%
|
60
|
Cliffs Natural Resources
|
34
|
28%
|
61
|
Coherent
|
55
|
28%
|
62
|
Super Micro Computer
|
98
|
27%
|
63
|
American Equity Investment Life
|
18
|
27%
|
64
|
Cymer
|
68
|
26%
|
65
|
Electro Rent
|
99
|
25%
|
66
|
Ebix
|
87
|
24%
|
67
|
BorgWarner
|
64
|
24%
|
68
|
Gentex
|
54
|
24%
|
69
|
Affiliated Managers Group
|
96
|
0%
|
70
|
Warner Chilcott
|
21
|
23%
|
71
|
Southern Copper
|
94
|
23%
|
72
|
Acme Packet
|
37
|
23%
|
73
|
Tempur-Pedic International
|
93
|
21%
|
74
|
Medifast
|
46
|
20%
|
75
|
NetEase
|
81
|
19%
|
76
|
3SBio
|
89
|
18%
|
77
|
Buenaventura Mining
|
74
|
18%
|
78
|
Investors Bancorp
|
71
|
18%
|
79
|
Silvercorp Metals
|
48
|
18%
|
80
|
NetApp
|
72
|
17%
|
81
|
ZAGG
|
24
|
17%
|
82
|
Semtech
|
88
|
15%
|
83
|
Opentable
|
43
|
14%
|
84
|
Hollysys Automation Technologies
|
42
|
14%
|
85
|
Lam Research
|
75
|
13%
|
86
|
Riverbed Technology
|
57
|
12%
|
87
|
Broadcom
|
78
|
11%
|
88
|
Materion
|
59
|
0%
|
89
|
Rush Enterprises
|
95
|
11%
|
90
|
Celgene
|
91
|
10%
|
91
|
Bridgepoint Education
|
16
|
9%
|
92
|
Grand Canyon Education
|
63
|
8%
|
93
|
Vale
|
97
|
7%
|
94
|
IAMGOLD
|
47
|
7%
|
95
|
United Therapeutics
|
25
|
6%
|
96
|
TTM Technologies
|
38
|
6%
|
97
|
Barrick Gold
|
77
|
5%
|
98
|
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
|
35
|
3%
|
99
|
Pan American Silver
|
23
|
-2%
|
100
|
AsiaInfo-Linkage
|
84
|
-12%
|
Average
|
36.43%
|
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