10 Best Performing Stocks Of The Decade

While there are still a couple weeks left in 2009, given our 10 year time frame I think its safe to acknowledge what the top performing stocks of this decade were.

You’ll remember that last week we looked at 10 stock picks that were made at the beginning of this decade and how those turned out (not so good).

Compare those stock pick results with the actual top performers and you’ll notice the huge disparity.

Top 10 Stocks Of The Past Decade

Stock (TICKER)	Returns
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR)	7,895.4%
Bally Technologies (BYI)	6,394.2%
Southwestern Energy (SWN)	5,108.4%
Clean Harbors (CLH) – 4,456.0%	4,456.0%
Deckers Outdoor (DECK)	3,669.5%
Amedisys (AMED)	3,611.5%
Terra Nitrogen (TNH)	3,611.5%
Dynamic Materials (BOOM)	3,519.4%
Quality Systems (QSII)	3,497.2%

A couple things to note about the list:

• Energy and Consumer led way to with 2 stocks each; however, was spread around many sectors.
• 9 out of 10 stocks trade on volume less than 1 million today, with many under 500k.

Basically if you’re looking to try and find one of the best performing stocks for the next decade, then you’ll need to dig into the small caps, and well… find a needle in a haystack.