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3 Market-Beating Stocks with Solid Fundamentals

By: StockStory

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The best-performing stocks typically have robust sales growth, increasing margins, and rising returns on capital, and those that can maintain this trifecta year in and year out often become the legends of the investing world.

It’s clear there’s a strong connection between sustained earnings growth and hall-of-fame returns. Keeping that in mind, here are three market-beating stocks that could turbocharge your returns.

Celsius (CELH)

Five-Year Return: +1,067%

With its proprietary MetaPlus formula as the basis for key products, Celsius (NASDAQ: CELH) offers energy drinks that feature natural ingredients to help in fitness and weight management.

Why Are We Backing CELH?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 49.5% over the last three years was superb and indicates its market share is rising
  2. Earnings growth has massively outpaced its peers over the last three years as its EPS has compounded at 77.6% annually
  3. Robust free cash flow margin of 17.3% gives it many options for capital deployment

Celsius’s stock price of $45.80 implies a valuation ratio of 43.3x forward P/E. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

Wabtec (WAB)

Five-Year Return: +263%

Also known as Wabtec, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE: WAB) provides equipment, systems, and related software for the railway industry.

Why Could WAB Be a Winner?

  1. Average organic revenue growth of 9.5% over the past two years demonstrates its ability to expand independently without relying on acquisitions
  2. Operating profits and efficiency rose over the last five years as it benefited from some fixed cost leverage
  3. Share repurchases have amplified shareholder returns as its annual earnings per share growth of 25.5% exceeded its revenue gains over the last two years

Wabtec is trading at $208.71 per share, or 23.9x forward P/E. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our full research report, it’s free.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM)

Five-Year Return: +207%

Tracing its roots back to 1799 when its earliest predecessor was founded by Aaron Burr, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is a leading financial services company offering investment banking, consumer banking, commercial banking, and asset management services globally.

Why Does JPM Catch Our Eye?

  1. Annual net interest income growth of 15% over the past four years was outstanding, reflecting market share gains this cycle
  2. Net interest margin expanded by 42 basis points (100 basis points = 1 percentage point) over the last two years, providing additional flexibility for investments
  3. Share buybacks catapulted its annual earnings per share growth to 22.6%, which outperformed its revenue gains over the last two years

At $288.60 per share, JPMorgan Chase trades at 2.3x forward P/B. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

High-Quality Stocks for All Market Conditions

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election sent major indices to all-time highs, but stocks have retraced as investors debate the health of the economy and the potential impact of tariffs.

While this leaves much uncertainty around 2025, a few companies are poised for long-term gains regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate, like our Top 6 Stocks for this week. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 183% over the last five years (as of March 31st 2025).

Stocks that made our list in 2020 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,545% between March 2020 and March 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-micro-cap company Kadant (+351% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free. Find your next big winner with StockStory today. Find your next big winner with StockStory today

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