Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Top 50 Stocks In The S&P 500
The table below listsBloomberg Businessweek‘s ranking of 50 companies in the S&P 500 index with the best total returns for shareholders over the last five years as of Mar. 31, 2010:
| Rank | Company | Industry | 5-year return as of 3/31/10 (in %) | Value of investment of $10K as of 3/31/10 (in $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priceline.com | Internet | 911.9 | 101190.48 |
| 2 | Intuitive Surgical | Healthcare Products | 665.6 | 76562.57 |
| 3 | Southwestern Energy | Oil & Gas | 473.9 | 57392.53 |
| 4 | Apple | Computers | 463.8 | 56378.69 |
| 5 | salesforce.com | Software | 396.7 | 49666.44 |
| 6 | Express Scripts | Pharmaceuticals | 366.8 | 46684.25 |
| 7 | Flowserve | Diversified machinery | 342.2 | 44217.07 |
| 8 | FMC Technologies | Oil & Gas Services | 310.4 | 41037.65 |
| 9 | Cliffs Natural Resources | Iron/Steel | 306.9 | 40689.19 |
| 10 | Amazon.com | Internet | 296.1 | 39606.07 |
| 11 | Titanium Metals | Mining | 278.6 | 37859.77 |
| 12 | Cummins | Machinery-Diversified | 278.3 | 37834.42 |
| 13 | Celgene | Biotechnology | 263.9 | 36393.54 |
| 14 | DeVry | Commercial Services | 248.2 | 34815.6 |
| 15 | Precision Castparts | Metal Fabricate/Hardware | 231.7 | 33165.03 |
| 16 | Internet | 214.1 | 31411.56 | |
| 17 | Range Resources | Oil & Gas | 206 | 30599.99 |
| 18 | Western Digital | Computers | 205.8 | 30580.39 |
| 19 | Big Lots | Retail | 203 | 30299.5 |
| 20 | Cameron International | Oil & Gas Services | 199.7 | 29966.79 |
| 21 | Airgas | Chemicals | 181 | 28097.22 |
| 22 | Red Hat | Software | 168.3 | 26828.6 |
| 23 | CSX | Transportation | 163.8 | 26384.15 |
| 24 | Medco Health Solutions | Pharmaceuticals | 160.5 | 26048.01 |
| 25 | Occidental Petroleum | Oil & Gas | 159 | 25902.51 |
| 26 | Gilead Sciences | Biotechnology | 154.1 | 25407.82 |
| 27 | BMC Software | Software | 153.3 | 25333.33 |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard | Computers | 152.8 | 25279.52 |
| 29 | Quanta Services | Commercial Services | 151.1 | 25111.4 |
| 30 | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold | Mining | 150.4 | 25036.66 |
| 31 | McDonalds | Retail | 146.8 | 24678.03 |
| 32 | Akamai Technologies | Internet | 146.7 | 24674 |
| 33 | Stericycle | Environmental Control | 146.6 | 24660.63 |
| 34 | Ventas | REITS | 145.2 | 24515.42 |
| 35 | Millipore | Biotechnology | 143.3 | 24331.8 |
| 36 | Allegheny Technologies | Iron/Steel | 138.3 | 23834.5 |
| 37 | FMC | Chemicals | 135.8 | 23584.89 |
| 38 | Diamond Offshore Drilling | Oil & Gas | 134.5 | 23454.88 |
| 39 | DIRECTV | Media | 134.5 | 23446.6 |
| 40 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | Transportation | 134.1 | 23409.92 |
| 41 | American Tower | Telecommunications | 133.7 | 23373.56 |
| 42 | Monsanto | Chemicals | 132.8 | 23282.25 |
| 43 | Amphenol | Electronics | 130.1 | 23005.9 |
| 44 | Union Pacific | Transportation | 127.9 | 22793.85 |
| 45 | Noble Energy | Oil & Gas | 123.5 | 22346.21 |
| 46 | Polo Ralph Lauren | Apparel | 123 | 22302.87 |
| 47 | Cognizant Technology Solutions | Computers | 120.7 | 22069.26 |
| 48 | NVIDIA | Semiconductors | 119.4 | 21944.44 |
| 49 | Peabody Energy | Coal | 116.6 | 21662.21 |
| 50 | AmerisourceBergen | Pharmaceuticals | 114.9 | 21491.91 |
Of all the companies in the S&P 500 it is surprising to see Priceline.com(PCLN), a dot-com company, top the list with the total return of 911.9%. Other notable hi-tech winners in this list include Apple (APPL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Akamai Technologies (AKAM).
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