This year is soon behind us, so it's time to take a look at the biggest winners of 2013 until now:
Ticker Name Industry Mkt. cap YTD gain Profit Insider Breakout
Ticker Name Industry Mkt. cap YTD gain Profit Insider Breakout
| Altisource AM Corporation PTC Therapeutics Zhone Technologies Inc. Canadian Solar Inc. China Information Tech. Globalstar Inc. Corporate Resource Serv. Gray Television Inc. Lannett Company Inteliquent Liberator Medical Holdings Revolution Lighting Tech. Media General INSYS Therapeutics Himax Technologies ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Nexstar Broadcasting Grp Chelsea Therapeutics SunPower Corporation China Distance Education Gentium S.p.A China Mobile G&E Group B Communications Ltd Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Puma Biotechnology Xerium Technologies Inc. Radio One Inc. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Adept Technology Power Solutions Int. | Asset Management Biotechnology Communications Solar Software Communications Staffing Services Broadcasting Biotechnology Communications Medical Supplies Electronics Broadcasting Biotechnology Semiconductor Biotechnology Broadcasting Biotechnology Solar Education Services Biotechnology Multimedia Communications Biotechnology Biotechnology Paper Products Broadcasting Biotechnology Machinery Machinery | 2432M 51M 145M 1381M 185M 584M 429M 763M 873M 373M 201M 258M 631M 862M 2008M 2088M 1563M 254M 3389M 655M 842M 413M 576M 1022M 2557M 217M 157M 365M 118M 670M |
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Gains for the best stocks of 2013 range from 345% (PSIX) to 1162% (AAMC), AAMC being the only stock I owned during the year, although I sold it too early and didn't realize the full gain. The company is the real estate asset management arm of Altisouce Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), from which it was spun off during 2013. The list of industries is quite diverse, although 9 stocks (30%) come from the biotechnology sector (PTCT, LCI, INSY, ACAD, CHTP, GENT, KERX, PBYI, BCRX) and 8 (26%) from broadcasting and communications services (ZHNE, GSAT, GTN, IQNT, MEG, NXST, BCOM, ROAI). I have checked insider buying, breakouts, profits and market cap of all stocks before their advances, and the results are summarized here:
- All stocks had a market cap lower than 1 billion USD before advancing higher
- Each stock has reached 52-week highs many times during it's uptrend
- 86% (26) of them still have an institutional ownership lower than 80% right now
- 86% (26) of all stocks have a short float of 10% or below right now
- 77% (23) did not pay any dividends during the year
- 70% (21) experienced a major breakout on significant volume, which started their whole move
- 63% (19) have no earnings and are losing businesses
- only 30% (9) have been bought by insiders before exploding higher
- The best 5 stocks of 2013 all had major breakouts, neither was bought by insiders before it, and only one was showing a profit
Buying the best stocks right now on breakouts or after major news can be very profitable. However, I believe that none of these stocks could be discovered by fundamental or technical analysis alone, you need to combine both approaches to dig deeper and analyze their potential. Most of them are not profitable now and won't be for some years, so any valuation might be very imprecise. On the other hand there are many stocks breaking out on strong volume every day, which means some kind of fundamental analysis is required to weed out future losers and capture the multibaggers. I will soon compile similar lists of the best UK, Hong Kong, and Indian stocks of 2013 and compare the results so stay tuned.
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