These Companies Have Grown Over 2,000% Since The Financial Crisis

If every crisis is an opportunity, then the global financial crisis was an opportunity of global proportions.

In the eight years since its March 9, 2009, bottom, the S&P 500 has expanded in value by more than 420 percent -- but a small subset of 11 stocks has returned more than 2,000 percent.

Buying $10,000 worth of the entire S&P 500 index in 2009 would lead to over $42,000, but holding $10,000 of one of the 10 highest returning stocks since the nadir of the financial crisis would have led to an investment valued at more than $200,000 today.

For this analysis, we have compared each stock’s closing price on March 9, 2009, with its closing price on Monday, March 27, 2017.

No. 11 – Expedia (EXPE)

Expedia, a travel booking website, saw its shares rise from a price of $6.01 to $127.80, an increase of 2,027 percent since the March 2009 bottom.

No. 10 – Qorvo (QRVO)

Shares of Qorvo, a semiconductor business, have increased in value from $3.20 to $68.37 since the crisis bottom, an increase of 2,036 percent.

No. 9 – CBS Corporation Class B (CBS)

CBS shares have grown from a price of $3.09 on March 9, 2009, to $67.49 as of March 27, a 2,084 percent change.

No. 8 – Priceline Group (PCLN)

Priceline, a travel booking provider whose stock closed on March 27, 2017, at a price of $1,772, an increase of 2,161 percent from $78.36 a share at the crisis bottom.

No. 7 – Netflix (NFLX)

Netflix shares traded for just $5.50 at the crisis bottom, but are now worth $144.06 – a 2,519 percent increase.

No. 6 – Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (WYN)

Hospitality holding company WYN has had its share price grow from $3.10 to $83.98 since March 9, 2009, a 2,609 percent change.

No. 5 – Alaska Air Group (ALK)

Since the crisis bottom, Alaska Air Group shares have increased from $3.49 to $95, a 2,626 percent increase.

No. 4 – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN)

Biotech firm REGN shares were worth $12.40 at the crisis bottom, but have grown to a value of $383.68 since -- a 2,994 percent increase.

No. 3 – United Rentals (URI)

Shares of United Rentals have increased in value from $3.03 to $119.56 since March 9, 2009, a 3,846 percent change.

No. 2 – Ulta Beauty (ULTA)

ULTA has seen its share price rise from $4.29 to $280.14 since the crisis bottom, a 6,430 percent increase.

No. 1 – GGP (GGP)

GGP shares have increased in value from $0.29 to $22.72 since the global financial crisis, a 7,654 percent change. That means that a $10,000 investment in the shopping mall REIT on March 9, 2009, would have grown to a $765,400 investment today.