If I asked you to cook up the
ideal company, what would you say? No, no, I'm not asking
you to tick off your favorite members of the Fortune 500 or
some up-and-comer small cap that you've just found. I want
you to think about the ingredients you'd give a company if
you could dream it right into existence.
Would it be in a particular industry? Would it be
services- or product-based? Would it have fat profit margins
or would it make its money by doing a huge volume?
We could spend all day going over the details of this
magnifiquemarket dish, but I would guess that there
is at least one ingredient that we'd all add liberally to our
creation -- growth. All those other details are great, but
how interesting can a business be if it's stagnating and
lacks avenues for expansion?
Turning back to reality, I have dug up a handful of
companies that
actuallyexist and are expected to post significant
growth in the years to come. These companies may not all be
the picture of perfection, but I've also consulted the
140,000 members of
The
Motley Fool's CAPS communityto get an idea of which are
our best bets.
Company
Expected
Long-Term Growth
Price-to-Earnings
Ratio (TTM)
CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD)
23%
28
***
Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG)
21%
49
****
Ctrip.com (Nasdaq: CTRP)
19%
53
****
PetMed Express (Nasdaq: PETS)
16%
17
*****
Alcoa (NYSE: AA)
12%
NM
****
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