Fortune - USA (2020-12)

THE 5 0

COMPANIES

BY

SECTOR

COMMUNICATION SERVICES

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

CONSUMER STAPLES

FINANCIALS

HEALTH CARE

INDUSTRIALS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

MARKED FOR SUCCESS

We used our proprietary methodology to identify the 5 0 global companies best positioned to deliver

above-average gains to investors. They’re presented here in two ways: below, ranked in order by overall

“vitality” score; and on the pages that follow, grouped by business focus.

1
VITALITY
SCORE: 3.4

DexCom

8

2.8 HEALTH CARE

Square

9

2.8

INF ORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Vertex

Pharma-

ceuticals

16

2.3 HEALTH CARE

Luxshare

Precision

Industry

17

2.3

INF ORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Salesforce

25

2.0

INF ORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Align

(^26) Technology
2.0 HEALTH CARE
PayPal
34
1.8
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Dassault
(^35) Systèmes
1.7
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Copart
43
1.5 IN DUSTRIALS
Intuitive
(^44) Surgical
1.5 HEALTH CARE
MercadoLibre
7
2.9
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Contemporary
Amperex
Technology
15
2.3 IN DUSTRIALS
Pinduoduo
24
2.0
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Naver
33
1.8
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Jiangsu
Hengrui
Medicine
42
1.5 HEALTH CARE
Adyen
6
3.1
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Haidilao
International
Holding
14
2.5
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Tw i t t e r
23
2.1
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Palo Alto
(^32) Networks
1.8
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Ansys
41
1.6
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook
50
1.5
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Splunk
5
3.2
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Shopify
13
2.5
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Nvidia
22
2.1
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
ASML Holding
31
1.8
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Alibaba Group
(^40) Holding
1.6
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Celltrion
49
1.9 HEALTH CARE
Workday
4
3.3
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
WuXi AppTec
12
2.6 HEALTH CARE
Shenzhen
Mindray
Bio-Medical
Electronics
21
2.1 HEALTH CARE
Autodesk
30
1.8
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Inter-
continental
Exchange
39
1.6 FINANCIALS
Match Group
48
1.3
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Atlassian
3
3.3
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
TAL Educ ation
(^11) Group
2.8
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Lululemon
(^20) Athletica
2.1
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Adobe
29
1.8
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
VMware
38
1.7
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Illumina
47
1.4 HEALTH CARE
Veeva
(^2) Systems
3.3 HEALTH CARE
Spotify
10
2.8
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Xiaomi
19
2.1
INF ORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Foshan Haitian
Flavouring &
Food
28
1.9
CONSUMER
STAPLES
Amazon
37
1.7
CONSUMER
DISCRETIONARY
Fastenal
46
1.4 IN DUSTRIALS
Te s l a
18
2.2
CONSUMER
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DISCRETIONARY
CoStar Group
27
1.9 IN DUSTRIALS
M3
36
1.7 HEALTH CARE
Tencent
(^45) Holdings
1.4
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
ServiceNow
Celltr ion and
Facebook
are ranked
lower than their
vitality scores
would indicate
because each
faces special
circumstances
that place it in a
“higher uncer-
tainty zone.”
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