The CAPS Screen: 10 Titans of Tech

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Investors who want the highest possible returns buy stocks of rapidly growing, dominant companies with a sustainable competitive advantages. It is precisely such a strategy that has netted Motley Fool Rule Breakers subscribers 10 stocks that have doubled.

With that in mind, I used our new CAPS screening tool to find some potential rule-breaking stocks in the tech sector, a prime hunting ground for great growth stocks. Below you'll find 10 tech companies with trailing three-year earnings growth of 25% or more. They also have:

  • Market caps greater than $300 million
  • Five-star ratings, the highest possible, from our CAPS community

Remember, during the first year for which we have data, five-star companies outperformed with an average gain of nearly 28%.

Company

Share Price

Mark et Cap

America Movil (NYSE: AMX)

$57.12

$100.3 billion

Cognizant Technology

$32.12

$9.4 billion

Dolby Labs (NYSE: DLB)

$40.81

$4.5 billion

GigaMedia (Nasdaq: GIGM)

$16.11

$832 million

NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA)

$20.20

$11.3 billion

Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM)

$18.15

$484 million

Suntech Power (NYSE: STP)

$44.06

$7.2 billion

Vimpel Communications

$29.17

$30.0 billion

VASCO Data Security (Nasdaq: VDSI)

$10.01

$376 million

Wipro

$12.93

$18.9 billion

Data from Motley Fool CAPS and Yahoo! Finance as of April 29.

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