Best Performing Stocks in the Last 25 Years

These are the top-performing stocks between April 2, 1999 and April 2, 2024.

Ticker	Name	25Y Price Return	25Y Total Return	Market Cap
MNST	Monster Beverage Corp	138536.31%	138536.31%	$58.98B
DECK	Deckers Outdoor Corp	117084.92%	117084.92%	$23.32
NVDA	NVIDIA Corp	104647.79%	114072.42%	$2.25T
AAPL	Apple Inc	52367.96%	61880.52%	$2.63T
ODFL	Old Dominion Freight Line Inc	44766.66%	46010.63%	$47.93B
MIDD	The Middleby Corp	23152.99%	23892.68%	$8.26B
CLH	Clean Harbors Inc	23064.44%	23064.44%	$10.62B
ANSS	Ansys Inc	19039.60%	19039.60%	$30.27B
NVR	NVR Inc	18625.25%	18625.25%	$25.22B
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Corp	17344.24%	22260.03%	$13.40B

Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing

New DHI NVR LEN positions, Exited MCK MMC, Lowered ATVI GM CVX holdings

Highlights from Q2 2023 filing as compared to Q1 2023:

• New positions in: DHI (~5.97 mln shares), LEN (~0.15 mln), NVR (~0.01 mln)
• Increased positions in: OXY (affirmed increased to ~224.13 mln shares from ~211.71 mln shares), COF (to ~12.47 mln from ~9.92 mln)
• Maintained positions in: BAC (~1032.85 mln shares), AAPL (~915.56 mln shares), KO (~400 mln shares), KHC  (~325.63 mln shares), AXP (~151.61 mln shares), HPQ (~120.95 mln shares), DVA (~36.1 mln shares), MCO (~24.67 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: MCK (from ~2.29 mln shares), MMC (from ~0.4 mln), VTS (from ~0.05 mln)
• Decreased positions in: ATVI (to ~14.66 mln shares from ~49.44 mln shares), GM (to ~22 mln from ~40 mln), CVX (to ~123.12 mln from ~132.41 mln), GL (to ~2.52 mln from ~6.35 mln), CE (to ~5.36 mln from ~8.82 mln)

===Cirrus Logic (CRUS) : Apple (AAPL) to abandon a highly anticipated feature in its iPhone 15 Pro

 

Apple (AAPL) will likely abandon a highly anticipated feature in its iPhone 15 Pro models, according to a report Wednesday that hammered supplier Cirrus Logic (CRUS). CRUS stock hit a three-month low.

Due to unresolved technical issues, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max probably won't feature solid-state buttons, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a Medium post. These buttons would have replaced the physical power and volume buttons and instead relied on haptic feedback from users.

"Investors had anticipated that the new solid-state button design would increase suppliers' revenue and profits," according to the report. "Thus, this change is particularly unfavorable for Cirrus Logic and AAC Technologies."

In morning trading on today's stock market, CRUS stock went into free fall, diving 14.3% near 87.30. Shares of AAC Technology Holdings (AACAY), which trade over the counter, slumped 14.9% near 2. Apple stock inched 0.2% ahead, trading near 161.10.

CRUS Stock: iPhone 15 Still Expected On Time

The iPhone 15 is still in the earliest stage of development, so there's still time for Apple to make some changes, according to the report.

"Based on these factors, removing solid-state buttons should have limited impact on the mass production schedule and shipments for Pro models," Kuo said.

But CRUS stock took a hit on the report. The company is Apple's exclusive supplier for a key component in the rumored solid-state buttons. AAC and Luxshare ICT supply Apple with another component, but larger Luxshare will be less affected because it has a significantly larger operating scale, Kuo said.

Highly Rated Chip Stock

Shares of Cirrus Logic have soared this year. They broke out of a flat base with a buy point at 108.52 in late March, according to MarketSmith.com. CRUS stock later fell as much as 6.5% below that entry, putting the breakout at risk. Investors should sell when a stock falls 7%-8% below its buy point.

The news Wednesday put highly rated CRUS stock well below that buy point.

=Apple (AAPL) cuts its revenue guidance for the first time since 2002

• Apple lowered its Q1 fiscal revenue guidance to $84 billion from the previously forecast range of $89-$93 billion. CEO Tim Cook, in a CNBC interview, said the shortfall is solely due to weaker-than-expected iPhone revenue, primarily in Greater China. Mr. Cook added that he believes trade tensions between the United States and China have put additional pressure on China's economy. 
• The lowered outlook from the company that is known for beating expectations was attributed to weak demand in China. The cautious outlook suggests that the tech industry in general is facing a slowdown. Recall that Micron (MU 31.10, -1.65) lowered its guidance in mid-December while NVIDIA (NVDA 129.22, -7.00) cut its guidance in November. Meanwhile, Korean press reported overnight that Samsung will look to reduce its chip inventory amid a supply glut.

-=Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on Tue 1 May 2018 (a/h)

Apple announces New $100 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization and increases quarterly dividend to $0.73/share from $0.63/share

Apple beats by $0.05, reports revs in-line; guides Q3 revs above consensus; adds $100 bln to buyback, raises dividend 16%(169.10 +3.84)

• Reports Q2 (Mar) earnings of $2.73 per share, $0.05 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $2.68; revenues rose 15.6% year/year to $61.14 bln vs the $60.94 bln Capital IQ Consensus; gross margins of 38.3% versus 38.5% ests (guidance 38.0-38.5%)
• iPhone shipments 52.2 mln versus 52 mln ests & 50.8 mln last year.
• iPad shipments 9.1 mln versus 8.8 mln ests & 10.2 mln last year; Mac shipments 4.1 mln versus 4.1 mln ests & 4.2 mln last year
• Americas rev +17% to $24.8 bln; Europe +9% to $13.85 bln; China +21% to $13.0 bln; Japan +22% to $5.5 bln, other Asia/Pac +4% to $3.96 bln.
• Co issues upside guidancefor Q3, sees Q3 revs of $51.5-53.5 bln vs. $51.51 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; gross margins of 38.0-38.5% versus 38.4% ests vs 38.5% last year. 
• "Customers chose iPhone X more than any other iPhone each week in the March quarter, just as they did following its launch in the December quarter. We also grew revenue in all of our geographic segments, with over 20% growth in Greater China and Japan."

=Apple (AAPL) : iPhone X demand concerns

Shares of Apple (AAPL) and iPhone chip suppliers fell Tuesday on reports that iPhone X demand is flagging, less than two months after its debut.

• Suppliers (SMH): LITE -3% SWKS -2.8%, QRVO -2.5%, CRUS -2.4%, FNSR -2%, MU -1.8%, AVGO -1.6%, JBL -1.5%, AMAT -1.3%, XLNX -0.6%, OLED -1%, TXN -0.3% STMicroelectronics (STM 21.97, -0.28)
• Apple will slash its sales forecast for the iPhone X in the quarter to 30 million units, the Taiwanese newspaper said on Monday, citing unidentified sources — down from what it said was an initial plan of 50 million units.
• Apple has not publicly disclosed quarterly sales targets for the iPhone X, which went on sale in November.
• JL Warren Capital and Sinolink Securities cut their iPhone shipment forecasts for the calendar first quarter of 2018, citing weak demand for the flagship iPhone X exiting the holiday sales quarter, Bloomberg reported Monday.  U.S.-based JL Warren Capital is predicting shipments of just 25 million units as consumers balk at the "high price point and a lack of interesting innovations."
• A Reuters analysis of Chinese social media shows that interest in the iPhone X — which spiked around its launch — has not kept pace with the highly popular iPhone 6 released in 2014, which helped then drive massive sales for Apple in China.  There were only 4.97 million Weibo posts mentioning the iPhone X so far in December compared with over 11 million for the iPhone 6 in the equivalent period in 2014, the analysis showed.

=Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on Thur 2 Nov 2017 (a/h)

Apple beats by $0.20, beats on revs; guides Q1 revs in-line

• Reports Q4 (Sep) earnings of $2.07 per share, $0.20 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $1.87; revenues rose 12.2% year/year to $52.58 bln vs the $50.71 bln Capital IQ Consensus; gross margins 37.9% vs 38% ests and 38% last year
  • iPhone shipments 46.7 mln vs 46.4 mln ests and 45.5 mln last year.
  • iPads 10.3 mln versus 10 mln ests and 9.3 mln last year. Q4 Macs 5.4 mln versus 4.7 mln ests and 4.9 mln last year.
  • Americas rev +14%; Europe +20%; China +12%; Japan -11%; APac +5%
• Co issues in-line guidancefor Q1, sees Q1 revs of $84-87 bln vs. $85.34 bln Capital IQ Consensus; gross margin 38-38.5% vs. 38.6% est and 38.5% last year.
• $269 bln in cash/equivalents and marketable securities 

=Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on Tue 1 Aug 2017 (a/h)

(Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday delivered surprisingly strong fiscal third-quarter earnings and signaled that its upcoming 10th-anniversary phone is on schedule, driving the stock up 6 percent to an all-time high in after-hours trading.

The stock climbed above its intraday record high of $159, after the company reported better-than-expected iPhone sales, revenue and earnings per share. The stock price move was expected to help drive the Dow Jones Industrial Averge over the 22,000 mark on Wednesday.

The April-June quarter is traditionally a soft one for Apple as the market waits for the September launch of new iPhone models. But Tuesday’s results show that iPhone buyers may be less inclined than they once were to delay purchases until a new model is out.

The iPad product lines also showed unexpected strength, service revenue continues to grow at a healthy clip, and even the much-maligned Apple Watch showed a 50 percent sales increase.

Apple is widely tipped to adopt higher-resolution OLED displays for the latest iPhone, along with better touchscreen technology and wireless charging - which could come with a $1,000 plus price tag.

The phone is expected to launch in September.

The company forecast total revenue of between $49 billion and $52 billion for the current fourth quarter, while analysts on average were expecting $49.21 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Apple's fourth quarter generally includes first-weekend sales of the company's latest devices.

The forecast "makes it fairly certain that at least some new iPhone models will be released on the normal schedule,” said analyst Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research. “That doesn’t necessarily mean all new models will go on sale then, or that they’ll all be in abundant supply, but I would think it means that at the very least the successors to the current phones will be available."

The company said iPhone sales rose 1.6 percent to 41.03 million in the third quarter ended July 1, above analysts' average estimate of 40.7 million units, according to FactSet StreetAccount. Apple sold 40.4 million iPhones a year earlier.

But a lower average iPhone selling price of $606, well below Wall Street expectations of $621, caused iPhone revenue to come in at $24.8 billion, below expectations of $25.5 billion.

Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri told Reuters the weak price was partly explained by Apple lowering the flow of inventory by 3.3 million units, which he said were “entirely at the high end of the range.”

=Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on Tue 26 Jul 2016 (a/h)

Apple Inc. reported a steep slump in revenue and profit on Tuesday, but the still-better-than-expected results from the iPhone maker are cheering analysts who see significant growth going forward and are staying upbeat on the stock.

The tech giant  said its fiscal third-quarter profit slid 27% to $7.8 billion, or $1.42 a share, while revenue declined 14% to $42.36 billion. Analysts had expected profit of $1.39 per share and revenue of $42.16 billion.

Sales of Apple’s flagship smartphone declined for a second quarter in a row to 40.4 million units from 47.5 million units a year earlier.

=Apple (AAPL) reported Q1 earnings on Tue 26 Apr 2016 (a/h)

Apple misses by $0.10, misses on revs; guides Q3 revs, gross margin below consensus; raises dividend 10%; raises buyback 25% to $175 bln :

• Reports Q2 (Mar) earnings of $1.90 per share, $0.10 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $2.00; revenues fell 12.8% year/year to $50.56 bln vs the $51.98 bln Capital IQ Consensus; gross margins of 39.4% vs 39.6% ests vs 40.8% last year (guidance 39-40%). 
• iPhones 51.2 mln vs 51.5 mln ests vs 61.2 mln last year.
  • iPads 10.2 mln vs 9.9 mln ests vs 12.6 mln last year.
  • Macs 4.0 mln vs 4.6 mln ests vs 4.5 mln last year.
• Co issues downside guidance for Q3, sees Q3 revs of $41-43 bln vs. $47.35 bln Capital IQ Consensus; gross margin 37.5-38.0% vs 39.2% ests vs 39.7% last year
• The Board has increased its share repurchase authorization to $175 billion from the $140 billion level announced last year. The Company also expects to continue to net-share-settle vesting restricted stock units.
• The Board has approved an increase of 10% to the Company's quarterly dividend, and has declared a dividend of $0.57 per share, payable on May 12, 2016 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 9, 2016.
  • 2.3% dividend yield at after hours price of $99/share.

=Apple (AAPL) reported 4Q earnings on Tue 26 Jan 2016 (a/h)

Apple beats by $0.05, revenue misses estimates, near low end of guidance; guides Q2 revs and gross margin below consensus :

• Reports Q1 (Dec) earnings of $3.28 per share, $0.05 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $3.23; revenues rose 1.7% year/year to $75.87 bln vs the $76.6 bln Capital IQ Consensus and $75.5-77.5 bln guidance; gross margin 40.1% vs 39.9% ests, 39-40% guidance and 39.9% last year.
  • iPhones 74.8 mln vs 76.2 mln ests vs 74.5 mln last year.
  • iPads 16.1 mln vs 19.1 mln ests vs 21.4 mln last year
  • Macs 5.3 mln vs 5.7 mln ests 5.5 mln last year.
• Co issues downside guidance for Q2, sees Q2 revs of $50-53 bln vs. $55.38 bln Capital IQ Consensus; gross margins 39.0-39.5% vs 40.0% ests and 40.8% last year.
  • Q2 rev would be down 12.6% YoY at the midpoint of guidance. 

Apple (AAPL)

Apple (AAPL) death cross and Ford (F) golden cross

 Apple (AAPL) death cross : 50 dma drops below 200 dma

Ford (F) golden cross : 50 dma crosses over 200 dma

update almost 1 year later; 26 Nov 2013:
AAPL dropped 30% in the 6 months since the original post; F gained 60%

The Apple Money Tree Is Losing Its Leaves

A4: NFLX vs AAPL - 13 months later

Q4 : What's a better buy - NFLX or AAPL ? from March 15, 2011

• NFLX reached a high of $297 on July 5, then collapsed
• AAPL didn't do much for another 6 months

original question and charts from March 15, 2011

Q4 : What's a better buy - NFLX or AAPL ?