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100 Of Americas Fastest Growing Stocks That Made Investors Rich

The Fastest Growing Companies At The Stock Markets Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Sometimes I ask myself how it could be to be an owner of a small company that would be 10 times bigger in five or ten years. If I pay an acceptable price for the company, I could make a significant amount of money with these stocks. Well, stop dreaming! I screened companies with the currently highest growth and return figures from the actual business year and made them available in my 100 fastestgrowing stocks list.

Below is a short overview of the 10 best stocks. Only four of them pay dividends but most of the companies are very cash rich and could initiate a dividend if the growth slows.  


Here are my favorite stocks:
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $654.97 billion. The company employs 60,400 people, generates revenue of $108,249.00 million and has a net income of $25,922.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $35,582.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 32.87 percent (operating margin 31.22 percent and net profit margin 23.95 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 41.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $42.54. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.42, P/S ratio 6.08 and P/B ratio 8.52. Dividend Yield: 1.51 percent. The beta ratio is 1.22.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Apple (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Apple (AAPL) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Click to enlarge)

Baidu.com (NASDAQ:BIDU) has a market capitalization of $38.88 billion. The company employs 16,082 people, generates revenue of $2,298.39 million and has a net income of $1,049.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,329.84 million. The EBITDA margin is 57.86 percent (operating margin 52.25 percent and net profit margin 45.65 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.70 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 16.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 56.03 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.59, P/S ratio 17.34 and P/B ratio 16.44. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 1.79.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Baidu.com (Click to enlarge)

Silver Wheaton (NYSE:SLW) has a market capitalization of $14.03 billion. The company employs 24 people, generates revenue of $730.00 million and has a net income of $550.03 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $615.63 million. The EBITDA margin is 84.33 percent (operating margin 76.49 percent and net profit margin 75.35 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 7.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 7.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.38 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.60. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.18 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.82, P/S ratio 19.30 and P/B ratio 5.31. Dividend Yield: 1.00 percent. The beta ratio is 1.58.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Silver Wheaton (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Silver Wheaton (SLW) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) (Click to enlarge)

Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) has a market capitalization of $10.87 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 $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 50.80, P/S ratio 8.48 and P/B ratio 18.15. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 2.40.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Lululemon Athletica (Click to enlarge)

HollyFrontier (NYSE:HFC) has a market capitalization of $8.53 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.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.91, P/S ratio 0.53 and P/B ratio 1.63. Dividend Yield: 1.48 percent. The beta ratio is 1.00.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of HollyFrontier (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of HollyFrontier (HFC) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) (Click to enlarge)

IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion. The company employs 2,137 people, generates revenue of $474.48 million and has a net income of $121.01 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $193.70 million. The EBITDA margin is 40.82 percent (operating margin 36.99 percent and net profit margin 25.50 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 4.01 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 5.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.04, P/S ratio 6.70 and P/B ratio 6.69. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 1.57.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of IPG Photonics (Click to enlarge)

Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS) has a market capitalization of $2.81 billion. The company employs 676 people, generates revenue of $426.84 million and has a net income of $87.98 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $89.54 million. The EBITDA margin is 20.98 percent (operating margin 18.63 percent and net profit margin 20.61 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 19.46 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.27. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 34.29, P/S ratio 6.64 and P/B ratio 6.07. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 0.77.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Cirrus Logic (Click to enlarge)

RPC (NYSE:RES) has a market capitalization of $2.77 billion. The company employs 3,400 people, generates revenue of $1,809.81 million and has a net income of $296.38 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $661.99 million. The EBITDA margin is 36.58 percent (operating margin 26.64 percent and net profit margin 16.38 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 15.19 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 26.66 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 45.54 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.42. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.21 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.88, P/S ratio 1.54 and P/B ratio 3.69. Dividend Yield: 2.51 percent. The beta ratio is 1.40.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of RPC (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of RPC (RES) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of RPC (NYSE: RES) (Click to enlarge)

Northern Oil & Gas (NYSEAMEX:NOG) has a market capitalization of $1.13 billion. The company employs 19 people, generates revenue of $149.39 million and has a net income of $40.61 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $108.36 million. The EBITDA margin is 72.54 percent (operating margin 45.02 percent and net profit margin 27.19 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 9.63 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 14.08 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.72 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.27. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.99, P/S ratio 7.63 and P/B ratio 2.28. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 1.71.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Northern Oil & Gas (Click to enlarge)

HFF (NYSE:HF) has a market capitalization of $587.94 million. The company employs 498 people, generates revenue of $254.68 million and has a net income of $42.05 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $60.05 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.58 percent (operating margin 20.96 percent and net profit margin 16.51 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 32.40 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 122.22 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 37.72 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.65, P/S ratio 2.30 and P/B ratio 4.51. Dividend Yield: None percent. The beta ratio is 2.58.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of HFF (Click to enlarge)


Take a closer look at the full table of the fastest growing companies at the market. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 22.12 and forward P/E ratio is 16.04. The dividend yield has a value of 1.66 percent. Price to book ratio is 5.94 and price to sales ratio 6.36. The operating margin amounts to 35.28 percent and the beta ratio is 1.61. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.34.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

10 Of Americas Fastest Growing Stocks (Click to enlarge)


Here is the full list:


Company
Earnings Growth
Revenue Growth
Total Return
1
Silver Wheaton
340%
76%
49%
2
Cirrus Logic
450%
39%
88%
3
Baidu
99%
72%
56%
4
HollyFrontier
93%
51%
64%
5
HFF
341%
41%
53%
6
lululemon athletica
81%
45%
109%
7
Northern Oil and Gas
122%
237%
36%
8
Apple
70%
52%
60%
9
IPG Photonics
100%
37%
58%
10
RPC
121%
38%
50%
11
Catamaran
52%
72%
98%
12
3D Systems
272%
26%
112%
13
Impax Laboratories
85%
43%
40%
14
priceline.com
66%
33%
81%
15
Coinstar
74%
43%
37%
16
Bridgepoint Education
187%
57%
9%
17
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
34%
43%
69%
18
American Equity Investment Life
87%
42%
27%
19
Epoch Holding
53%
41%
45%
20
51job
89%
25%
57%
21
Warner Chilcott
72%
51%
23%
22
Hi-Tech Pharmacal
69%
29%
54%
23
Pan American Silver
241%
44%
-2%
24
ZAGG
71%
104%
17%
25
United Therapeutics
195%
42%
6%
26
Wynn Resorts
81%
26%
53%
27
Gulfport Energy
89%
26%
44%
28
Questcor Pharmaceuticals
32%
34%
120%
29
Pioneer Natural Resources
95%
23%
51%
30
TransGlobe Energy
40%
38%
50%
31
OYO Geospace
98%
22%
52%
32
Concho Resources
25%
63%
44%
33
MarketAxess Holdings
79%
27%
43%
34
Cliffs Natural Resources
71%
35%
28%
35
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
78%
78%
3%
36
TPC Group
60%
24%
111%
37
Acme Packet
65%
43%
23%
38
TTM Technologies
105%
40%
6%
39
SciClone Pharmaceuticals
60%
32%
40%
40
Darling International
52%
37%
36%
41
MercadoLibre
59%
30%
42%
42
Hollysys Automation Technologies
110%
32%
14%
43
Opentable
81%
40%
14%
44
Triumph Group
28%
50%
42%
45
Netgear
131%
23%
34%
46
Medifast
59%
40%
20%
47
IAMGOLD
421%
28%
7%
48
Silvercorp Metals
48%
47%
18%
49
Ultratech
84%
25%
37%
50
Intuitive Surgical
41%
28%
50%
51
Under Armour
37%
27%
62%
52
VMware
37%
30%
49%
53
F5 Networks
54%
27%
42%
54
Gentex
83%
28%
24%
55
Coherent
325%
21%
28%
56
Steven Madden
45%
29%
41%
57
Riverbed Technology
85%
32%
12%
58
Ascena Retail Group
38%
33%
38%
59
Materion
86%
30%
11%
60
AmTrust Financial Services
28%
34%
40%
61
ExlService Holdings
53%
30%
30%
62
EZchip Semiconductor
43%
31%
35%
63
Grand Canyon Education
68%
37%
8%
64
BorgWarner
189%
20%
24%
65
Internet Initiative Japan
55%
25%
40%
66
Titan Machinery
33%
34%
34%
67
Rackspace Hosting
45%
25%
47%
68
Cymer
99%
21%
26%
69
Clean Harbors
43%
31%
28%
70
Whiting Petroleum
66%
25%
33%
71
Investors Bancorp
42%
38%
18%
72
NetApp
102%
24%
17%
73
Chipotle Mexican Grill
41%
20%
68%
74
Buenaventura Mining
53%
32%
18%
75
Lam Research
47%
37%
13%
76
SolarWinds
31%
30%
38%
77
Barrick Gold
90%
27%
5%
78
Broadcom
126%
23%
11%
79
East West Bancorp
31%
24%
55%
80
MWI Veterinary Supply
29%
28%
43%
81
NetEase
29%
41%
19%
82
IMAX
22%
28%
44%
83
SVB Financial
70%
23%
29%
84
AsiaInfo-Linkage
34%
51%
-12%
85
Cognizant Technology Solutions
27%
32%
31%
86
Fossil
42%
21%
47%
87
Ebix
33%
32%
24%
88
Semtech
78%
25%
15%
89
3SBio
36%
33%
18%
90
Encore Capital Group
56%
23%
31%
91
Celgene
47%
30%
10%
92
HMS Holdings
25%
27%
35%
93
Tempur-Pedic International
62%
21%
21%
94
Southern Copper
49%
24%
23%
95
Rush Enterprises
63%
24%
11%
96
Affiliated Managers Group
40%
26%
23%
97
Vale
45%
29%
7%
98
Super Micro Computer
29%
28%
27%
99
Electro Rent
32%
26%
25%
100
Portfolio Recovery
31%
23%
33%





Average
85%
37%
37%

Related stock ticker symbols:
RES, HFC, SLW, IPGP, LULU, NOG, AAPL, BIDU, CRUS, HF

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