The 20 Best-Performing Stocks of the Last Decade

From Business Week:

Southwestern Energy (SWN)...................3,662%
Celgene (CELG).........................................2,607%
XTO Energy (XTO).....................................2,088%
Stericycle (SRCL)......................................1,503%
Gilead Sciences (GILD).............................1,491%
Denbury Resources (DNR)........................1,271%
FLIR Systems (FLIR).................................1,190%
Ventas (VTR)..............................................1,127%
Range Resources (RRC)............................1,124%
Lab Corp of America (LH).........................1,107%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX).............................835%
Chesapeake Energy (CHK)..........................813%
C.H. Robinson (CHRW).................................692%
Varian Medical Systems (VAR)....................677%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY).......................634%
EOG Resources (EOG).................................599%
Express Scripts (ESRX)................................595%
EQT Corp (EQT)...........................................540%
Apache Corp (APA)......................................486%
CONSOL Energy (CNX)...............................486%

Note: BW restricted the list to S&P 500 members with betas less than 1.

Comments

[Richard Wen...:]

First I must disclose that I own CHK. As to the information in the article, it only goes to prove what I have said on my site and in my reports on CHK that oil and natural gas are the place to be putting your money for the future. They are resources we already have in abundance and don't need to import. Their prices should continue to increase for years to come.

Richard

May 28 05:07 AM

[Paul Price:]

If you could tell us which would be the best for the NEXT decade, then THAT would be valuable.

May 28 08:04 AM

[The Hammer:]

Now can you tell us what were some of the characteristics of these cos. before they took off?

May 28 09:00 AM

[notsosmart:]

if you have time on your side,buy & hold is the way to with good div paying co's that have drip plans.worked great for me.

May 28 10:48 AM

[football frank:]

Not much of a article

May 28 11:26 AM

[dsrtwriter:]

While some of these tell us little about their future (eg FLIR will not likely repeat the performance),what is significant is the predominance of resource stocks.Regardless of Premier Obama's thoughts that we will all drive cars powered by wind/solar electricity,we can anticipate continued demand for fossil fuels indefinitely, and along with that at least in the Western world, relatively clean emissions. So despite all the discussion that abundant natural gas will be a problem for gas stocks, they sure look more reliable than many other investment choices as at least one component of an investment portfolio.

May 28 04:13 PM

[TATyszka:]

"Note: BW restricted the list to S&P 500 members with betas less than 1."

To what purpose?

Sure, now that these bull runs have matured, their betas are below 1. I'm sure, though, that during most of the 10 years these stocks displayed a significant amount of volatility.

May 28 09:24 PM