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1. Tesla - Up 346%
Tesla was the stock-market darling of 2013.
Shares initially took off in May when the upstart electric-car maker
reported its first-ever quarterly profit. The rally kept gaining momentum
throughout much of the year, as the hype surrounding Tesla’s visionary
chairman and chief executive Elon Musk and the company’s long-term
potential masked its sky-high valuation.
The stock peaked in late September at $194.50, at that point up 474% on a
year-to-date basis. Shares slumped for the next two months after three of
Tesla’s battery-powered vehicles caught fire. But shares have recovered
much of those declines in December, leaving the stock up 346% for the year
through Friday’s close.
2 Netflix - Up 296%
The streaming video provider did little wrong in 2013. Shares surged 296%,
making Netflix the top performer in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. Booming
subscriber growth and an increase in original programing were key drivers of
the stock’s move back above $300.
In its latest quarterly report, Netflix made $32 million. Yet for now, Wall
Street doesn’t appear too concerned about the company’s slim profits, so
long as it keeps generating growth and continues stockpiling high-quality
content, such as Emmy-winner “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New
Black.”
In October, billionaire investor Carl Icahn sold more than half his stake in
Netflix for about $1 billion. He originally invested in the company at $58
a share in 2012, but after Netflix’s share price more than quintupled, he
said it was “time to take some chips off the table.”
3 Best Buy - Up 239%
The electronics retailer has been one of the stock market’s biggest
surprises of 2013. One year ago, Best Buy shares slumped by about 50%. Some
were predicting its demise. Founder and former CEO Richard Schulze had
talked about buying the company for $24 to $26, a premium at that time
before he ultimately walked away.
Everything changed in 2013. Shares soared 239%, one of only three stocks in
the S&P 500 to rally by more than 200%. The big-box retailer’s turnaround
has taken shape much faster than Wall Street originally anticipated.
Quarterly results have improved under CEO Hubert Joly and the stock price
climbed above $40 for the first time since 2010.
Best Buy still has a ways to go before recapturing record levels in the high
$50s hit in 2006. But for now, Best Buy illustrated how vastly one company
’s fortunes can change in a matter of 12 months.
Best Buy and Others
4 Twitter - Up 145%
Call it the anti-Facebook. Twitter has skyrocketed 145% this year, making it
one of the top-performing U.S.-listed initial public offering for 2013
among deals that raised more than $100 million, according to Dealogic.
Shares of the microblogging platform surged on Nov. 7, the first day of
trading, and have rocketed higher in December, surging 53% this month.
Twitter, which people use to communicate about matters from entertainment to
news to their personal lives, doesn’t make money and isn’t expected to
for another few years. Yet the stock has ridden a momentum wave that has
carried the price far above what most analysts deem is fair value.
The enthusiasm and excitement in Twitter’s first two months as a public
company is a far cry from what happened to Facebook, which took 18 months
before it started trading back above its IPO price. But Facebook has since
recovered, with shares soaring in the second half of the year. Facebook is
up 108% for the year.
5 Herbalife - Up 138%
Bill Ackman, shield your eyes.
Shares of the nutritional-supplement maker surged 138% and hit fresh record
highs in 2013, soaring despite allegations by Mr. Ackman that the company
operates an illegal pyramid scheme.
In December 2012, the billionaire hedge-fund manager publicly announced he
made a large wager against the stock due to his longstanding objections of
Herbalife’s business model. The company has vehemently denied these
allegations. Herbalife, meanwhile, has reported upbeat quarterly results and
earlier this month received a clean bill of health from its new auditors.
Still, Mr. Ackman isn’t backing down. Last week, he made fresh allegations
of operational impropriety and promised to reveal more dirt on Herbalife in
2014. The bulls remain unfazed: “We’d like to thank Mom, Jesus, and the
short sellers” for Herbalife’s recent successes, D.A. Davidson analyst Tim
Ramey wrote to clients earlier this month.
Tesla was the stock-market darling of 2013.
Shares initially took off in May when the upstart electric-car maker
reported its first-ever quarterly profit. The rally kept gaining momentum
throughout much of the year, as the hype surrounding Tesla’s visionary
chairman and chief executive Elon Musk and the company’s long-term
potential masked its sky-high valuation.
The stock peaked in late September at $194.50, at that point up 474% on a
year-to-date basis. Shares slumped for the next two months after three of
Tesla’s battery-powered vehicles caught fire. But shares have recovered
much of those declines in December, leaving the stock up 346% for the year
through Friday’s close.
2 Netflix - Up 296%
The streaming video provider did little wrong in 2013. Shares surged 296%,
making Netflix the top performer in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. Booming
subscriber growth and an increase in original programing were key drivers of
the stock’s move back above $300.
In its latest quarterly report, Netflix made $32 million. Yet for now, Wall
Street doesn’t appear too concerned about the company’s slim profits, so
long as it keeps generating growth and continues stockpiling high-quality
content, such as Emmy-winner “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New
Black.”
In October, billionaire investor Carl Icahn sold more than half his stake in
Netflix for about $1 billion. He originally invested in the company at $58
a share in 2012, but after Netflix’s share price more than quintupled, he
said it was “time to take some chips off the table.”
3 Best Buy - Up 239%
The electronics retailer has been one of the stock market’s biggest
surprises of 2013. One year ago, Best Buy shares slumped by about 50%. Some
were predicting its demise. Founder and former CEO Richard Schulze had
talked about buying the company for $24 to $26, a premium at that time
before he ultimately walked away.
Everything changed in 2013. Shares soared 239%, one of only three stocks in
the S&P 500 to rally by more than 200%. The big-box retailer’s turnaround
has taken shape much faster than Wall Street originally anticipated.
Quarterly results have improved under CEO Hubert Joly and the stock price
climbed above $40 for the first time since 2010.
Best Buy still has a ways to go before recapturing record levels in the high
$50s hit in 2006. But for now, Best Buy illustrated how vastly one company
’s fortunes can change in a matter of 12 months.
Best Buy and Others
4 Twitter - Up 145%
Call it the anti-Facebook. Twitter has skyrocketed 145% this year, making it
one of the top-performing U.S.-listed initial public offering for 2013
among deals that raised more than $100 million, according to Dealogic.
Shares of the microblogging platform surged on Nov. 7, the first day of
trading, and have rocketed higher in December, surging 53% this month.
Twitter, which people use to communicate about matters from entertainment to
news to their personal lives, doesn’t make money and isn’t expected to
for another few years. Yet the stock has ridden a momentum wave that has
carried the price far above what most analysts deem is fair value.
The enthusiasm and excitement in Twitter’s first two months as a public
company is a far cry from what happened to Facebook, which took 18 months
before it started trading back above its IPO price. But Facebook has since
recovered, with shares soaring in the second half of the year. Facebook is
up 108% for the year.
5 Herbalife - Up 138%
Bill Ackman, shield your eyes.
Shares of the nutritional-supplement maker surged 138% and hit fresh record
highs in 2013, soaring despite allegations by Mr. Ackman that the company
operates an illegal pyramid scheme.
In December 2012, the billionaire hedge-fund manager publicly announced he
made a large wager against the stock due to his longstanding objections of
Herbalife’s business model. The company has vehemently denied these
allegations. Herbalife, meanwhile, has reported upbeat quarterly results and
earlier this month received a clean bill of health from its new auditors.
Still, Mr. Ackman isn’t backing down. Last week, he made fresh allegations
of operational impropriety and promised to reveal more dirt on Herbalife in
2014. The bulls remain unfazed: “We’d like to thank Mom, Jesus, and the
short sellers” for Herbalife’s recent successes, D.A. Davidson analyst Tim
Ramey wrote to clients earlier this month.