Monster Beverage Corporation, an American beverage company that manufactures energy drinks, is the best performing company in the S&P 500 Index over the last 30 years.
According to data shared by Charlie Bilello, founder and CEO of Compound Capital Advisors, the company provided a total return of 295,805% since it listed in 1995.
This means if you invested $10,000 in Monster Beverage Corporation in August 1995, you would now have $29.59 million.
If you were a South African who invested R10,000 in the company in 1995 your return would have been even more impressive.
In August 1995, one US Dollar cost you R3.65. Fast forward 25 years and one dollar now costs around R15.00.
An investment of R10,000 in Monster Beverage Corporation in August 1995 would therefore now be worth R121 million.
Monster Beverage Corporation outperformed all big tech companies, including Amazon, Netflix, Apple, and Microsoft.
The best performing tech company was Amazon with a total return of 217,000% since it listed in May 1997.
Netflix returned 50,000% over eighteen years while Apple’s share price grew 42,000% over the last 30 years.
Oracle, Cisco, Nvidia, and Microsoft all showed a return of over 30,000% over the last 30 years.
The table below shows the top-performing stocks in the S&P 500 Index over the last 30 years.
| Best Performing Stocks in the S&P 500 Index | |||
| Company | 30 Year Total Return | Annualized Return | Growth of $10,000 |
| Monster Beverage Corporation | 295,805% | 37% | $29,590,550 |
| Amazon | 217,028% | 38% | $21,712,834 |
| Jack Henry & Associates | 194,233% | 29% | $19,433,250 |
| Cerner | 141,580% | 27% | $14,168,008 |
| Best Buy | 105,277% | 26% | $10,537,745 |
| Kansas City Southern | 84,714% | 25% | $8,481,443 |
| Ross Stores | 83,542% | 25% | $8,364,176 |
| Altria Group | 57,871% | 24% | $5,797,083 |
| United Health | 57,497% | 24% | $5,759,690 |
| IDEXX Laboratories | 55,058% | 24% | $5,515,829 |
| Netflix | 50,133% | 40% | $5,023,337 |
| Apple | 42,259% | 22% | $4,235,865 |
| Oracle | 38,801% | 22% | $3,890,146 |
| Cisco | 37,963% | 22% | $3,806,290 |
| Nvidia | 35,768% | 31% | $3,586,761 |
| Microsoft | 33,256% | 21% | $3,335,588 |
Charlie Bilello tweet
These are the top 30 stocks in the S&P 500 over the past 30 years…
Data via @ycharts pic.twitter.com/QDO7kTQyiZ
— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) January 2, 2021
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