Best investments of the 2010s

If you invested $1,000 in 2010, these stocks would have made you the most money. Ranked by total return. 30 investments tracked.

Full rankings since 2010

$1,000 invested at the start of 2010

#CompanyValue todayTotal returnCAGRvs S&P 500
1NvidiaNVDA$468,232+46,723%+46.0%Beats S&P
2BroadcomAVGO$252,221+25,122%+40.5%Beats S&P
3TeslaTSLA$233,814+23,281%+39.9%Beats S&P
4NetflixNFLX$107,777+10,678%+33.4%Beats S&P
5Axon EnterpriseAXON$75,547.87+7454.8%+30.5%Beats S&P
6TSMCTSM$52,542.43+5154.2%+27.6%Beats S&P
7Cadence DesignCDNS$47,707.40+4670.7%+26.9%Beats S&P
8MercadoLibreMELI$46,810.01+4581.0%+26.7%Beats S&P
9AppleAAPL$44,005.82+4300.6%+26.2%Beats S&P
10Eli LillyLLY$39,762.35+3876.2%+25.4%Beats S&P
11Domino's PizzaDPZ$39,760.00+3876.0%+25.4%Beats S&P
12MicronMU$38,531.34+3753.1%+25.2%Beats S&P
13Semiconductors (SMH)SMH$36,156.28+3515.6%+24.7%Beats S&P
14AmazonAMZN$33,260.49+3226.0%+24.1%Beats S&P
15AMDAMD$27,106.98+2610.7%+22.5%Beats S&P
16CostcoCOST$24,336.91+2333.7%+21.7%Beats S&P
17Monster BeverageMNST$22,391.16+2139.1%+21.1%Beats S&P
18Booking HoldingsBKNG$21,993.45+2099.3%+20.9%Beats S&P
19Alphabet (Google)GOOGL$21,816.61+2081.7%+20.9%Beats S&P
20MastercardMA$21,813.80+2081.4%+20.9%Beats S&P
21CaterpillarCAT$20,087.00+1908.7%+20.3%Beats S&P
22SynopsysSNPS$18,510.11+1751.0%+19.7%Beats S&P
23Northrop GrummanNOC$18,458.19+1745.8%+19.7%Beats S&P
24Sherwin-WilliamsSHW$18,131.83+1713.2%+19.5%Beats S&P
25MicrosoftMSFT$17,598.53+1659.9%+19.3%Beats S&P
26Home DepotHD$16,918.36+1591.8%+19.0%Beats S&P
27VisaV$16,604.04+1560.4%+18.9%Beats S&P
28ChipotleCMG$16,522.39+1552.2%+18.8%Beats S&P
29MarriottMAR$15,737.60+1473.8%+18.5%Beats S&P
30S&P GlobalSPGI$15,616.60+1461.7%+18.4%Beats S&P

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