The CAPS Screen: 5 Tech Stocks Set to Take Off
By Ilan Moscovitz
July 8, 2008
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Investors who want the highest possible returns buy stocks of rapidly growing, dominant companies with sustainable competitive advantages. With that in mind, I used our new CAPS screening tool to find some potential market-beaters in the tech sector, a prime hunting ground for great growth stocks. Below you'll find five tech companies with trailing-three-year earnings growth of 25% or more.
They also have:
- Market caps greater than $300 million.
- At least 300 active Motley Fool CAPS picks.
- Four- or five-star ratings from our CAPS community.
Remember, in the first year for which we have data, CAPS' four- and five-star companies outperformed the overall market with respective gains of 19% and 28%.
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Company
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Share Price
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Market Cap
(in billions)
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Trailing-3-yr annualized EPS growth
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AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO)
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$14.45
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$12.4
|
40.3%
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Activision (Nasdaq: ATVI)
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$31.30
|
$9.5
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36.2%
|
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China Mobile (NYSE: CHL)
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$66.05
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$268.3
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30.5%
|
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Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)
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$44.24
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$108.5
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42.3%
|
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK)
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$24.61
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$93.4
|
40.2%
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Data from Motley Fool CAPS as of July 8, 2008.
Of course, screens are merely a first step in the stock-selection process. But it certainly pays to consider a pool of powerful growth stocks, since they are your chance to score big. Come and join us on Motley Fool CAPS to dig into these companies further. Let our 110,000-strong (and counting) CAPS community help you identify tomorrow's multibaggers.
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