The Best Performing Stocks YTD
Below are the top 20 stocks with highest YTD returns as of 12/2/05 (with an average daily volume for the past year > 100,000 shares). Notice the high numberof names associated with commodities and basic materials.
| Symbol | Company Name | Rank | Last Price | Market Capitalization | % Price Change YTD | ||
| NTRI | NutriSystem Inc. | 1 | 39.94 | 1,366,377,000 | 1,272.30 | ||
| GGR | GeoGlobal Resources Inc. | 2 | 9.25 | 528,845,000 | 771.1 | ||
| PRLS | Peerless Systems Corp. | 3 | 7.97 | 123,966,000 | 473.1 | ||
| PWEI | PW Eagle, Inc. | 4 | 21.9 | 218,534,000 | 460.6 | ||
| VPHM | ViroPharma Incorporated | 5 | 18.55 | 1,038,305,000 | 451.4 | ||
| FPP | Fieldpoint Petroleum Corporation | 6 | 7.07 | 54,772,000 | 445.7 | ||
| TIE | Titanium Metals Corporation | 7 | 64.2 | 2,086,714,000 | 437 | ||
| BTUI | BTU International, Inc. | 8 | 14.65 | 111,969,000 | 397.7 | ||
| DCEL | Dobson Communications Corp. | 9 | 7.5 | 1,159,520,000 | 343.4 | ||
| HANS | Hansen Natural Corp. | 10 | 82.26 | 1,782,806,000 | 341.5 | ||
| CVO | Cenveo, Inc. | 11 | 13.76 | 714,000,000 | 335.8 | ||
| FORD | Forward Industries, Inc. | 12 | 17.25 | 132,946,000 | 329.4 | ||
| GMXR | GMX Resources Inc. | 13 | 28.96 | 286,591,000 | 313.2 | ||
| BOOM | Dynamic Materials Corporation | 14 | 24.16 | 287,644,000 | 304.1 | ||
| TEC | Teton Energy Corp | 15 | 6.01 | 63,546,000 | 294.7 | ||
| NDAQ | Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. | 16 | 42.08 | 3,291,952,000 | 293.5 | ||
| DESC | Distributed Energy Systems Corp | 17 | 9.26 | 360,280,000 | 291.6 | ||
| BMD | Birch Mountain Resources Ltd | 18 | 7.61 | 524,118,000 | 271.7 | ||
| DSTI | DayStar Technologies Inc. | 19 | 11.32 | 64,386,000 | 270.5 | ||
| ASF | Administaff, Inc. | 20 | 45.43 | 1,246,267,000 | 267.9 |
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