Are you really a growth investor?
It's worth asking. Fast-moving tech stocks have taken a beating recently, leading to a slew of bargains for those with the guts to buy.
No surprises there. Market panics occur daily. Just ask investors who hold shares of iRobot
That's why all-star investors bet on growth over the very long term. They know that:
- Businesses that make investors billions always begin as growth stocks.
- The best of them feature massive and identifiable competitive advantages.
- Growth as a strategy has the capacity to deliver 20% or greater annual returns for decades at a time.
How we do it
Of course, not all growth stocks will do. Our weekly hunt is for the next great multibagger. But unlike David Gardner and his team at Motley Fool Rule Breakers, who scour everything from financial statements to trade magazines to clinical reports in their research, we're going to rely on our Motley Fool CAPS investor-intelligence database.
Specifically, we're looking for stocks that have earned a five-star rating in CAPS that are expected to grow their earnings by at least 20% annually over the next five years. Five-star stocks are those that the community, on the whole, believes will outperform the S&P 500.
Let's have the list
Now, with that preamble behind us, here are five more top growth stocks:
Company |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Percent Bulls |
5-Year Growth Estimate |
---|---|---|---|
Dawson Geophysical |
1,721 |
97.9% |
24.0% |
IPC The Hospitalist |
25 |
96.0% |
22.5% |
Noble |
1,121 |
98.6% |
20.2% |
Sutor Technology |
65 |
98.5% |
20.0% |
Activision |
1,733 |
97.1% |
20.0% |
Bear in mind that this is not a list of recommendations. Instead, I offer these stocks as candidates for further research.
There's plenty to work with here. Activision, for example. With Take-Two Interactive
Dawson Geophysical, meanwhile, has slipped some after a mixed quarter. But at 14 times forward earnings for this year, the stock appears to me enough of a bargain to compensate for the risks that come with depending on Mother Nature.
Suddenly Sutor
But I'll take China's Sutor Technology this week. The numbers for this steel manufacturer are just too compelling to ignore, as CAPS investor rickdoom explained in a pitch earlier this month:
Purely speculative, but [Sutor] definitely has the potential for huge short-term gains, much like that of China Precision Steel (CPSL) back in September of 2007. Also, [Sutor] currently trades at a much lower multiple than its peers, making it a good value play with strong upside potential. Somewhat risky, though it could very well turn out to be a big winner for 2008. We will see.
I'll add that, with a microscopic 0.32 PEG ratio for 2008, this seems to be one of those massive Chinese opportunities we keep hearing about. But I'm more interested in what you think.
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See you back here next week with five more top growth stocks. Fool on!