The 20 Best-Performing Stocks of the Decade
Hindsight is 20/20. It can be incredibly difficult to pick the “next big stock” in the moment, but looking back gives us clarity on where we could have reaped the highest rewards.
While some of the decade’s chart-toppers—like Netflix and Amazon—are household names, other stocks may come as a surprise.Today’s visualization reveals the best-performing stocks over the last 10 years, and shows how much an initial $100 investment would be worth today.
The Shortlist
To compile the list, MarketWatch reviewed the current S&P 500 constituents and excluded any stocks that have traded in their present form for less than 10 years. The remaining companies were sorted based on their total return, with reinvested dividends, from December 31, 2009 to December 5, 2019.So, which stocks come out on top? Here’s a full list of the top 20, organized by ranking: