Date updated:03-14-2007
From ThinkBLOG.
We screened over 10,000 public companies using FactSet to find the top 25 performing stocks on an absolute return basis from January 1996 to December 2006. While the average stock appreciated an average of 42% per year during that time frame – that’s what you’d expect from a list of exceptional performers. What’s interesting is the median P/E at the beginning of outperformance was 33.2x – obviously high.
What offset this was the median EPS growth rate for these companies was 48%.
Also noteworthy was the average market cap for the top performers at the beginning of the 10-year period was $113 million and the median was a miniscule $33 million. When we did this before, we excluded companies with a market cap below $100 million, but if we did that, we would have excluded mega stocks, such as Hansen’s, Chico’s and American Eagle Outfitters.

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HANS
Hansen Natural Co - $23.40
- -2.90%
- $23.26
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +74% EPS Growth: +49%

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CHS
Chico's F A S Inc - $2.87
- -7.12%
- $3.11
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +56% EPS Growth: +48%

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AEOS
Aeos - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +55% EPS Growth: +53%

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DAKT
Daktronics Inc - $10.99
- -13.67%
- $12.55
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +54% EPS Growth: +47%

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CELG
Celgene Cp - $53.29
- -2.22%
- $53.21
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +51% EPS Growth: +90%

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CMTL
Comtech Telecom C - $43.56
- -1.04%
- $43.62
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +47% EPS Growth: +74%

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BBY
Best Buy Co Inc - $22.86
- -6.81%
- $24.36
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +45% EPS Growth: +37%

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YHOO
Yahoo Inc - $12.39
- +2.65%
- $12.35
Stock Annual Growth Rate: +43% EPS Growth: +62%
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03/15/2007 09:55 AM CDT Asked by David Merkel
What was the price-to-book or price-to-sales? Low ROE companies often outperform as they improve.