The following 10 companies are the companies who stocks have performed and have given the highest returns to it's shareholders post 1970.
Some common characteristics of these companies are
1. All these companies are more than 120 to 220 years old with DuPont being the oldest and Coke the youngest of them.
2. Al these companies are market leaders in their industries and have maintained their positions in terms of market shares for very long periods with innovation and marketing.
3. They have been able to generate an above average return on equity which ranges from 20 % up to 100 % with the exception of one or two companies for one or two years.
4. They have been able to grow their revenues also on a consistent basis.
5. Last but not the least they have been generating cash and returning cash in the form of dividends regularly to its shareholders.
Company
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Year Founded
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Dividends Paid Since
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Current Yield
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Share Price Performance since 1970**
|
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DuPont (NYSE:DD)
|
1802
|
1904
|
1.89%
|
1,279%
|
General Mills (NYSE:GIS)
|
1856
|
1898
|
3.16%
|
5,443%
|
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK)
|
1843
|
1877
|
1.8%
|
5,402%
|
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM)
|
C1870*
|
1882*
|
3.67%
|
4,132%
|
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED)
|
1823
|
1885
|
3.65%
|
1,078%
|
UGI Corp. (NYSE:UGI)
|
1882
|
1885
|
2.00%
|
1,897%
|
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG)
|
1837
|
1891
|
2.95%
|
5,180%
|
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO)
|
1892
|
1893
|
3.5%
|
4,806%
|
Colgate Palmolive (NYSE:CL)
|
1806
|
1895
|
2.11%
|
7,814%
|
PPG Industries ()
|
1883
|
1899
|
1.56%
|
6,858%
|
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence.
List of Companies in terms of Market Capitalization , Revenue , OI , NI , NCF , ROE , ROIC
List of Companies in terms of Number of Times Market Cap to Revenue and Net Income
The market capitalization in terms of number of times of turnover and net income is a good indicator to see if the stock is undervalued or overvalued .
Growth in terms of Revenue , Income , Cash Flow , ROI , etc of these ten companies between 2007 to 2016
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Commonly known as DuPont, E.l. du Pont de Nemours had its beginning in a revolution -- not the American Revolution but the French Revolution after its founder, E.l. du Pont, fled France for the U.S. After establishing itself as a gunpowder manufacturer, the company continued to research and innovate, eventually creating scores of industrial and consumer products, including Kevlar and nylon. Today, the company sports a market capitalization of $70 billion, even after spinning off divisions such as The Chemours, and reported net income of $2.513 billion in 2016.
General Mills
The company, founded just before the Civil War, was originally named the Minneapolis Milling Company, becoming General Mills when the company merged with more than two dozen other flour mills in 1928. Today, this best-performing stock's products can be found in just about every home, with such brands in its portfolio as Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Häagen-Dazs, and best-selling Cheerios. It's little wonder this company merits a market capitalization of $35 billion, well over a century after its humble beginning as a simple flour mill.
Stanley Black & Decker
Formed by the merger of the Stanley Works and Black & Decker, what is today known as Stanley Black & Decker sports a market capitalization of $30 billion and has a portfolio of such well-known products as the Black & Decker brand of tools, commercial security solutions, and a host of other offerings.
ExxonMobil
Formed by the merger of Exxon (formerly the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey) and Mobil Oil (once known as Standard Oil Co. of New York), ExxonMobil is the largest piece of what was once the monopolistic Standard Oil Co. Given that it's a mere part of one of the most successful corporations in history, a history that gave birth to arguably one of the world's largest private fortunes, we would be remiss to pass over one of John D. Rockefeller's "Baby Standards."
Consolidated Edison
Consolidated Edison has been rewarding shareholders as a best-performing stock of all time since long before many of our grandparents were born. Formed in 1823 as the New York Gas Light Company, Con Ed is one of the largest for-profit publicly held utility companies in the United States. This utility formed in the beginning days of the electric light generated $13 billion in revenue in 2016, paid out $763 million in dividends, and commands a market capitalization of $23 billion.
UGI Corp.
You may never have heard of UGI Corp., but its long-term shareholders almost certainly know the name extremely well. This Pennsylvania-based utility has been showering returns on its shareholders for decades, having initiated its dividend in 1885. Last year it paid out $160 million to shareholders and today it garners a market capitalization of $8.3 billion.
Procter &Gamble
Any list of top-performing stocks of all time has to include consumer-products juggernaut Procter & Gamble. Today, the company owns not just a few but 21 consumer-product and personal-care brands that each generate over $1 billion per year in annual sales. These products include Bounty paper towels, Oral-B toothpaste, Tide laundry detergent, and scores of others. With a market capitalization of over $233 billion, and with humble beginnings stretching back to the first half of the 19th century, you can be assured that Procter & Gamble is a top-performing stock of all time.
Coca-Cola
As previously noted, Coca-Cola has been a fantastic stock to own basically since the day it held the IPO of its current incarnation in 1919. The IPO took place after the previous owners sold the private corporation for $25 million and, seeking to raise growth capital, the new owners offered shares to the public at $40. Had the dividends on a single share been reinvested, today, that single share would be worth over $9.8 million. It's little wonder, then, that Coca-Cola is a favorite stock of Warren Buffett's, a lover of tried-and-true consumer brands with rich histories.
Colgate Palmolive
Odds are good that you or someone extremely close to you has a Colgate Palmolive product at home. Founded in 1806, today the company is a cleaning and oral-hygiene juggernaut, generating over $15 billion in sales and $2.4 billion in profits in 2016. It's hard to imagine the founder, William Colgate, dreaming that the company he founded, and later merged with Palmolive soaps, would one day be worth $65 billion.
PPG Industries
PPG Industries may not, itself, be a household name. It has broad array of coating products and paints, which not only are found in the home but are used in innumerable industrial applications as well. Originally founded as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1883, the company today boasts a market capitalization of some $25 billion and generated revenues of $14.7 billion in 2016.
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