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Software and health care made up big portions of the best-performing stocks in 2018. Plenty of biotechs had strong years. Tilray, the cannabis supplier, was the No. 1 stock of the year. Notably, few semiconductor and internet

stocks made the top 100 this year. Also, few foreign companies are in the top 100. All stocks on the list have an average daily trading volume of 100,000 shares or more and were priced at $12 or higher at the start of the year. Closed-end funds were excluded.

Rank Company

Ticker Industry

YTD price Cmpst EPS Rel Grp SMR Acc/ 3-yr EPS 1-yr EPS

Qtr sls Debt/ % inst

% chg Rtg Rtg Str RS Rtg Dis growth growth ROE pct chg equity shares

1 Tilray Inc Cl 2

TLRY Consumer Prod-Specialty 342.1% 49 2 99 99

A-

86 %

39%

2 Twilio Inc Cl A

TWLO Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 264.28 99 76 99 99 C B-

-5.1% 68 3% 48

3 Allakos Inc

ALLK Medical-Biomed/Biotech 191.3 51 2 98 97

C

-51.9

0 34

4 Mongodb Inc Cl A MDB Computer Sftwr-Database 171.23 80 25 99 99 D D

-64.5 57 0 60

5 Goosehead Ins. Cl A GSHD Insurance-Prop/Cas/Titl 169 69 48 96 98

E

48

68

6 Inspire Medical Systems INSP Medical-Products

161.8 56 9 97 94

E

80 1109 62

7 The Trade Desk Inc Cl A TTD Comml Svcs-Advertising 150.27 99 97 98 99 A C- 63% 50% 34.3 50 11 57

8 Zscaler Inc

ZS Computer Sftwr-Security 148.8 79 25 95 87 D D-

-57.3 59 0 34

9 Okta Inc Cl A

OKTA Computer Sftwr-Security 140.57 84 32 98 99 D C-

-82.3 58 0 48

10 World Wrestling Entmnt WWE Media-Diversified

138.98 97 96 98 99 B C- 36 65 20.5 1 83 71

11 Etsy Inc

ETSY Retail-Internet

131.25 90 64 98 96 B D-

77 8.7 41 1 64

12 Alteryx Inc Cl A

AYX Computer Sftwr-Database 130.99 95 50 99 99 D E

-11.7 59 0 66

13 Mirati Therapeutics Inc MRTX Medical-Biomed/Biotech 128.55 48 7 96 93

C-

-73.5

0 68

14 Tabula Rasa Healthcare TRHC Computer Sftwr-Medical 121.75 97 76 97 94 B E 232 84 7.5 66 1 51

15 Amedisys Inc

AMED Medical-Outpnt/Hm Care 117.78 98 98 98 99 B E 33 61 15.6 12 15 60

16 Glaukos Corporation GKOS Medical-Products

117.47 61 11 98 98 D E

-0.1 9 0 78

17 Ehealth Inc

EHTH Insurance-Brokers

111.28 92 31 99 99 E A-

-22.1 29 0 55

18 Crocs Inc

CROX Apparel-Shoes & Rel Mfg 110.76 97 68 99 99 C C-

168 13.4 7 0 77

19 Shotspotter Inc

SSTI Security/Sfty

109.25 31 16 76 80

D-

34 0 70

20 Evertec Inc

EVTC Finance-CrdtCard/PmtPr 108.35 95 65 98 99 A B- -2 0 86.1 9 387 58

21 Dexcom Inc

DXCM Medical-Systems/Equip 106.1 86 56 97 96 D E

-12.9 44 78 67

22 Belmond Ltd Cl A BEL Leisure-Lodging

102.69 84 63 99 99 E B -11 30 1.7 6 100 69

23 Staar Surgical Co STAA Medical-Products

101.68 92 74 97 94 C E

1 35 1 67

24 Coupa Software Inc COUP Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 99.42 97 76 96 89 D D

-5.5 43 68 68

25 Guardant Health Inc GH Medical-Services

98.5 56 17 94 78 D D-

-40.3 95 3

26 Elastic Bv

ESTC Computer Sftwr-Database 94.4 57 3 84 65 D E

-79.9 72 0

27 Sarepta Therapeutics Inc SRPT Medical-Biomed/Biotech 93.85 45 9 93 90 D E

-15.4 71 54 72

28 Addus Homecare Corp ADUS Medical-Outpnt/Hm Care 93.3 98 85 97 92 B B- 18 20 11.1 27 23 63

29 Atlassian Corp Plc Cl A TEAM Comp Sftwr-Spec Enterprs 92.44 99 97 98 99 A B- 23 41 13.6 37 92 50

30 BioTelemetry Inc BEAT Medical-Services

92.07 97 99 98 99 A D- 51 102 16.5 23 79 61

31 P T C Therapeutics Inc PTCT Medical-Biomed/Biotech 91.91 54 16 93 90 D D-

-57.2 28 93 65

32 Reata Pharma Inc Cl A RETA Medical-Biomed/Biotech 89.9 35 2 98 97

D-

-59

92

33 Atara Biotherapeutics ATRA Medical-Biomed/Biotech 89.67 44 7 95 93

D-

-55.4

0 55

34 Wingstop Inc

WING Retail-Restaurants

86.32 89 95 97 98

E 24 26

15

83

35 Genomic Health Inc GHDX Medical-Products

86.17 98 76 98 98 D D-

-0.9 21 0 78

36 Everbridge Inc

EVBG Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 84.08 62 2 97 93 D E

-13.4 43 160 62

37 Vicor Corp

VICR Electronic-Parts

79.52 84 76 94 96 C D+

-0.6 37 0 46

38 Medifast Inc

MED Cosmetics/Personal Care 77.71 98 93 89 63 A E 27 96 27.1 80 0 60

39 Cyberark Software Ltd CYBR Computer Sftwr-Security 77.02 99 98 97 93 A D- 13 36 12.9 31 0 78

40 Fabrinet

FN Elec-Contract Mfg

76.79 88 76 98 93 C D- 26 -6 16 6 8 55

41 Five9 Inc

FIVN Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 73.67 99 76 97 93 B D+

16.2 30 85 65

42 Sendgrid Inc

SEND Comp Sftwr-Spec Enterprs 73.38 99 76 98 99 C B-

218 4.8 31 6 99

43 Ensign Group Inc ENSG Medical-Long-term Care 72.88 94 82 97 99 C D- 10 34 15.6 9 62 59

44 Herbalife Nutrition Ltd HLF Cosmetics/Personal Care 71.94 98 68 96 87 A C 1 23

15

99

45 Chegg Inc

CHGG Consumer Svcs-Education 71.57 98 76 96 87 B B- 145 90 10.2 19 0 74

46 Tableau Software Cl A DATA Computer Sftwr-Database 70.9 99 95 97 85 C E -1 212 2.9 35 0 72

47 Akcea Therapeutics Inc AKCA Medical-Ethical Drugs 70.05 69 2 93 90 D B-

-133 94 0 99

48 Abiomed Inc

ABMD Medical-Products

69.77 99 99 84 70 A D 57 89 19.2 37 0 58

49 Benefitfocus Inc

BNFT Computer Sftwr-Medical 69.41 66 31 98 99

B-

8

73

50 Zendesk Inc

ZEN Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 69.15 99 76 93 82 C B-

-2.1 38 0 73

51 Bandwidth Inc Cl A BAND Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 69.12 87 54 92 79 B E 4 43 35.1 22 0 55

52 Vanda Pharmaceuticals VNDA Medical-Biomed/Biotech 68.82 93 76 98 97 D C+

-2.6 19 0 79

53 Integer Holdings Corp ITGR Medical-Products

67.88 94 81 96 92 C D- 11 22 12.6 7 177 67

54 S P S Commerce Inc SPSC Comp Sftwr-Spec Enterprs 67.5 98 98 95 91 C C 23 81 6.5 12 0 59

55 Carvana Co Cl A

CVNA Retail-Internet

66.63 34 4 88 90 D E

-1252 137 39 77

56 H M S Holdings Corp HMSY Comml Svcs-Healthcare 66.55 98 90 97 99 A E 32 90 13.8 23 40 63

57 SeaWorld Entertainment SEAS Leisure-Services

65.81 73 74 95 97 E D

-54.1 10 523 38

58 Freshpet Inc

FRPT Food-Packaged

65.7 71 15 97 99 D D-

-3.8 27 0 58

59 Rapid7 Inc

RPD Computer Sftwr-Security 65.22 79 36 94 81 D D

-78.4 23 0 77

60 Smartsheet Inc Cl A SMAR Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 64.9 58 8 91 76 D E

-158.7 59 12 99

61 Haemonetics Corp HAE Medical-Systems/Equip 64.86 86 68 94 87 C D- 8 35 13.4 7 8 67

62 Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd KL Mining-Gold/Silver/Gems 64.32 99 98 98 99 A B+ 250 108 15.8 26 2 41

63 RingCentral Inc Cl A RNG Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 64.09 99 69 94 85 A B 220 79 21.4 33 0 70

64 Atricure Inc

ATRC Medical-Systems/Equip 63.54 66 14 95 90 E D

-16.3 18 23 60

65 Esterline Technologies ESL Aerospace/Defense

62.61 87 56 99 99 D B -13 -6 6.7 1 36 70

66 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc KDP Beverages-Non-Alcoholic 62.61 92 46 97 94 B C 16 16 49 3 180 7

67 Solid Biosciences Inc SLDB Medical-Biomed/Biotech 62.6 39 5 97 95

D

99

68 Novocure Limited NVCR Medical-Products

62.57 61 24 91 81 D E

-48.2 29 86 59

69 Integrated Device Tech IDTI Elec-Semicondctor Fablss 62.56 99 93 98 99 A B- 10 30 30.2 15 76 60

70 Axon Enterprise Inc AAXN Security/Sfty

62.38 82 93 71 73 B D 32 116 13.5 16 0 58

71 Apptio Inc Cl A

APTI Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 61.31 93 50 96 89 D B-

-11.2 26 0 46

72 Workiva Inc Cl A WK Computer Sftwr-Database 61.26 85 35 97 85 E C+

17

47

73 Square Inc Cl A

SQ Finance-CrdtCard/PmtPr 61.15 90 74 78 63 A D- 219 65 16.9 51 46 46

74 Fortinet Inc

FTNT Computer Sftwr-Security 61 99 97 94 81 A D 49 55 25.9 21 0 49

75 Intercept Pharma ICPT Medical-Biomed/Biotech 60.99 60 31 94 92 D D

-217.5 14 2171 67

76 Evolent Health Inc Cl A EVH Computer Sftwr-Medical 60.24 58 29 90 78 D E

-2.9 39 12 75

77 Anaplan Inc

PLAN Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 60.2 65 2 94 85 D D-

-46.4 40 0 5

78 Deckers Outdoor Corp DECK Apparel-Shoes & Rel Mfg 60.02 96 75 97 88 B A+ 15 48 19.4 4 0 64

79 Sailpoint Tech Holdings SAIL Computer Sftwr-Security 60 95 76 88 65 B D 127 341 3.8 52 21 66

80 Insperity Inc

NSP Comml Svcs-Outsourcing 59.6 96 99 93 99 A E 45 66 162.4 16 157 61

81 Loxo Oncology Inc LOXO Medical-Biomed/Biotech 59.49 39 2 88 86 E D-

-45.4

0 81

82 Xencor Inc

XNCR Medical-Biomed/Biotech 58.39 72 37 92 89 D B-

-19.4

0 81

83 Veeva Systems Inc Cl A VEEV Computer Sftwr-Medical 58.38 99 99 94 84 A E 41 51 19.1 27 0 56

84 Materialise Ads

MTLS Electronic-Parts

58.14 91 50 99 99 C A

-2 42 106 41

85 Ciena Corporation CIEN Telecom-Fiber Optics 58.1 99 93 96 92 C C -4 20 10.4 21 30 61

86 Twist Bioscience Corp TWST Medical-Biomed/Biotech 57.4 51 8 99 99

142 14

87 Americold Realty Trust COLD Finance-Property REIT 57.1 92 76 96 98 D B-

3

42

88 Investment Tech Group ITG Finance-Invest Bnk/Bkrs 56.94 94 76 98 96 D B- 148 153 2.7 5 1 68

89 Workday Inc Cl A WDAY Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 56.83 98 57 97 93 A C- 221 30 16.9 34 73 64

90 Advance Auto Parts Inc AAP Retail/Whlsle-Auto Parts 55.93 88 67 95 75 C D- -11 23 12.6 4 31 65

91 TripAdvisor Inc

TRIP Leisure-Travel Booking 55.4 76 62 96 99 C D -18 28 10.2 4 17 73

92 Ltd

WIX Computer Sftwr-Enterprse 55.38 91 76 89 73 C E

-12.4 40 11 74

93 U S A N A Health Science USNA Cosmetics/Personal Care 55.23 97 87 95 78 A B 9 31 28.8 13 0 63

94 Columbia Financial Inc CLBK Banks-Northeast

54.9 79 67 76 88 C D- -15 -89 5.4 27 154 6

95 Ceridian H C M Holding CDAY Comp Sftwr-Spec Enterprs 54.6 68 37 84 67 E D-

-0.7 10 113 69

96 Lululemon Athletica LULU Retail-Apparel/Shoes/Acc 54.47 97 89 93 97 A D+ 22 47 23.9 21 0

97 Fox Factory Holding FOXF Leisure-Products

54.26 99 97 96 99 A D- 27 31 29.3 38 40 74

98 Argenx SE Ads

ARGX Medical-Biomed/Biotech 53.67 54 9 97 95 E D+

-13.5 -67 0 48

99 K12 Inc

LRN Consumer Svcs-Education 53.52 78 34 98 99 D B-

453 4.8 10 2 57

100 Mogu Inc Cl A Ads MOGU Retail-Internet

53.2 60 26 99 99 E

-13.4 4 0

Prices as of Dec. 28. An updated table will be posted after markets close Dec. 31 at BestCompanies2018

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