Despite inflation, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and other problems, caused by the pandemic, 2021 the year proved to be successful for investors in stock market.
Here are the promotions, who added tens and hundreds of percent over the past year. Papers included in the list, traded on the stock exchange throughout the year, and their profitability is calculated taking into account dividends.
S&P 500 LargeCap
Index S&P 500, which includes the largest companies by capitalization, in 2021, taking into account dividends, grew by 29%. This is the third most profitable result since 1998.
Much more, than S&P 500, the oil and gas sector and real estate have grown. They bounced back from the failure in 2020 and added 53 And 46%. So, 9 from 20 the best stocks from these sectors. And the list includes stocks from such sectors, like healthcare, technologies, finance, consumption and industry.
20 best promotions S&P 500 in 2021
| Devon Energy (DVN) | 196% |
| Marathon Oil (MRO) | 150% |
| Modern (MRNA) | 143% |
| Fortinet (FTNT) | 142% |
| Signature Bank (SBNY) | 142% |
| Ford (F) | 138% |
| Bath & Body Works (BBWI) | 134% |
| Diamondback Energy (FANG) | 127% |
| Nvidia (NVDA) | 126% |
| Nucor (NUDE) | 118% |
| Gartner (IT) | 109% |
| Extra Space Storage (EXR) | 101% |
| Arista Networks (ANET) | 98% |
| Simon Property Group (SPG) | 96% |
| WHAT (WHAT) | 91% |
| EOG Resources (EOG) | 89% |
| Iron Mountain (IRM) | 88% |
| Seagate (STX) | 88% |
| CF Industries (CF) | 87% |
| ConocoPhillips (COP) | 87% |
196%
S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 400 — index, which includes the average capitalization of the company. In 2021, it grew by 25%.
The undisputed leader in the middle weight category is the shares of the seller of games and consoles GameStop. In January 2021, Reddit forum members went crazy: began to jointly buy stocks with a large number of short positions, thereby accelerating the price. As a result with 1 on 27 January, GameStop rose by 1900%, and the media devoted to the stock market wrote daily about traders from Reddit.
20 best promotions S&P 400 in 2021
| GameStop (GME) | 688% |
| Budget Notice (CAR) | 456% |
| Synaptics (SON) | 200% |
| SiTime (SITM) | 161% |
| Alcoa (AA) | 159% |
| I was (OLN) | 139% |
| Macy’s (M) | 136% |
| Navient (NAVI) | 124% |
| Murphy Oil (WALL) | 121% |
| Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) | 116% |
| Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) | 113% |
| Builders FirstSource (BLDR) | 110% |
| Crocs (CROX) | 105% |
| Tenet Healthcare (THC) | 105% |
| Targa Resources (TRGP) | 100% |
| Life Storage (LSI) | 99% |
| National Storage Affiliates (NSA) | 98% |
| Goodyear (GT) | 95% |
| American Financial Group (AFG) | 95% |
| Teradata (TDC) | 89% |
688%
S&P 600 SmallCap
Index S&P 600, which includes small capitalization companies, in 2021 grew by 27%.
And here the papers of the company became the best, who does not work in a “hot” industry like fintech or oil industry. Veritiv is a packaging supplier, hygiene products and logistics services.
Since the end of 2020, Veritiv's profits have grown rapidly, like the price of its shares. Even after growing 490% Capitalization of Veritiv remains small - 1.7 billion dollars. The company is now 15 annual profits and only 0,25 annual revenue. As a result, investors received excellent returns, who followed Peter Lynch's advice: invest in companies with a boring name, boring product and from a boring industry.
20 best promotions S&P 600 in 2021
| Veritiv (VRTV) | 490% |
| SM Energy (SM) | 382% |
| Apollo Medical (AMEH) | 302% |
| Customers Bancorp (CUBES) | 260% |
| Callon Petroleum (CPE) | 259% |
| TimkenSteel (TMST) | 253% |
| Chico’s FAS (CHS) | 238% |
| Signet Jewelers (SIG) | 221% |
| Consol Energy (CEIX) | 215% |
| Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN) | 213% |
| Matador Resources (MTDR) | 207% |
| United Natural Foods (UNFI) | 207% |
| Laredo Petroleum (LPI) | 205% |
| Thryv (THRY) | 205% |
| Boot Barn (BOOT) | 184% |
| ArcBest (ARCB) | 182% |
| Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) | 178% |
| Perfect (PRFT) | 171% |
| Range Resources (RRC) | 166% |
| Ranger Oil (RRC) | 165% |
490%
