9 Top Stocks You Want to Know About

When looking for investing ideas, it might help to look at top performing stocks for inspiration. Ask yourself why these stocks have been outperforming. Are there any reasons to expect more success from the companies? What factors can undermine their profitability?

This video shows you how to use Kapitall to find and analyze top performing stocks.

For this screen, we're looking at low risk companies in the S&P500 index with an average earnings growth rate of more than 10% over the last 5 years. To narrow the list down some more, we only focus on companies with expected earnings growth rates of more than 15% over the next 3-5 years. Risk ratings are assembled by Zacks Investment Research.

The complete list, ranked according to the average 5 year earnings growth rate:

1. Google (GOOG): 66% historical growth, 26.18% expected growth
2. Apple (AAPL): 55.50% historical growth, 18.80% expected growth
3. Gilead Sciences (GILD): 45.10% historical growth, 15.91% expected growth
4. Express Scripts (ESRX): 29.30% historical growth, 17.31% expected growth
5. DeVry Inc (DV): 27.90% historical growth, 19.84% expected growth
6. Amphenol Corp (APH): 27.70% historical growth, 17.50% expected growth
7. Rockwell Collins (COL): 23.30% historical growth, 15.76% expected growth
8. Stericycle Inc. (SRCL): 19.00% historical growth, 18.75% expected growth
9. O'Reilly Automation (ORLY): 11.80% historical growth, 16.75% expected growth