Tomorrow's Monster Stocks?

Stocks climbing to 10 times their original price are rare breeds -- but they're not impossible to find. Especially when you have Fools for friends.

The market's best stocks include companies that have risen dozens of times in value over the past decade. These aren't penny stocks; they're viable companies with sound business prospects, achieving phenomenal returns every year. Finding just one or two of these monstrously successful firms can help you establish a winning portfolio.

Stalking the monster
To find tomorrow's winners, we'll enlist the more than 130,000 monster trackers at Motley Fool CAPS. We've compiled a list of the most successful CAPS members, dubbed All-Stars, whose picks have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled in price. Then we've plucked out some of their recent picks for stocks they find equally promising.

Player	CAPS Member Rating	Monster Stock	CAPS Score	Recent Stock Pick	CAPS Rating (out of 5 max)
kdakota630	99.94	Teck Resources (NYSE: TCK  )	341.58	PetroQuest Energy (NYSE: PQ  )	****
MLGtrader	99.74	Ambac Financial (NYSE: ABK  )	336.80	Genoptix (Nasdaq: GXDX  )	****
TotoMMB	99.50	Fortress Investment Group	297.36	Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB  )	**
stockgripes	97.49	Dendreon	457.73	Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX  )	***
asuram54	92.03	Walter Industries	404.27	Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN  )	**

Of course, this is not a list of stocks to buy -- or, for those monster stocks that our CAPS All-Stars have already found, sell. Just consider them starting points for your own further research of extreme buying opportunities.

In search of Bigfoot
The collapse of energy prices has caused a chain reaction response from many independent oil and gas energy & production (E&P) firms. For example, PetroQuest Energy says it's not profitable to produce gas when prices are hovering at the $2 and $3 level, so it's cutting its guidance on capital expenditures spending by $20 million to a range between $60 million and $90 million.

Although it's true that energy firms have far more incentive to drill when prices are higher, it's equally true that, having tapped out its borrowing base, PetroQuest finds itself more financially constrained than it otherwise would. After posting a first-quarter loss of $67 million as a result of a $104 million writedown related to those lower prices, the E&P player has been seeking out other ways to build up cash reserves, such as selling prospects representing 1.3 million cubic feet equivalent per day for $4.3 million.

CAPS member Tagit says market conditions and Petro’s financial situation have left it little maneuvering room, such that it had to rein in spending. However, short-term woes that cause companies to lean up their operations and reduce supply also carry the potential for future profit when energy prices return.

PetroQuest, their credit line is tapped out, and they have no choice but to pull back. Just as night follows day, today's decisions will rescue tomorrow's rates of return for the E&Ps

Might be tapped out, but, when rig counts are down these guys are drilling in Brazil and have a very sound relationships (with others)-I'll leave that to your research. Buy now-cash in later.

A chance for scary growth
It takes more than a few All-Star picks and a quick paragraph to make buy or sell decisions, so start your own research on these stocks on Motley Fool CAPS. You can read a company's financial reports, scrutinize key data and charts, and examine the comments your fellow investors have made, all from a stock's CAPS page. And while you're there, weigh in with your own thoughts on whether you think these are tomorrow's monster stocks.