SLP - The 10 Best Healthcare Stocks of the Decade
This list is a snapshot of the best healthcare stocks for an entire decade, from 2010 to 2020. As such, some magnificent stocks are excluded, simply because of the measurement period. For instance, Axsome Therapeutics had an amazing 3,578% return in 2019. And yet Axsome's fantastic 2019 return was predicated on an investor buying at the bottom in January. Measured from its IPO price at $9 a share, Axsome was a 10-bagger for the decade. That's a good return, of course, but not impressive enough to make this list.
Our top 10 is filled with medical device makers and companies that are providing services to the healthcare industry. Only three drug companies made it to the top. If you invested $1,000 in each of these 10 companies on Jan. 4, 2010, 10 years later your portfolio would be worth $247,607. And here are the mightiest healthcare stocks over the last decade.
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