Most consistent performers of the last 10 years
Company Name 1/6/06 Price 10-year average gain Market cap
Chico's FAS (CHS, news, msgs) $42.26 89.6% $8.1 billion
SCP Pool (POOL, news, msgs) $36.61 56.6% $1.9 billion
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD, news, msgs) $67.67 46.4% $7.3 billion
Center Financial (CLFC, news, msgs) $25.80 42.8% $422 million
Brown & Brown (BRO, news, msgs) $30.63 39.8% $4.2 billion
Florida Rock Industries (FRK, news, msgs) $52.85 35.3% $3.2 billion
Genlyte Group (GLYT, news, msgs) $56.49 34.9% $1.5 billion
Cathay General Bancorp (CATY, news, msgs) $37.48 33.4% $1.8 billion
Graco (GGG, news, msgs) $38.97 32.8% $2.5 billion
Southwest Water (SWWC, news, msgs) $14.79 28.1% $310 million
Simpson Manufacturing (SSD, news, msgs) $38.61 27.5% $1.8 billion
Harbor Florida Bancshares (HARB, news, msgs) $36.86 27.4% $884 million
Franklin Electric (FELE, news, msgs) $41.39 22.3% $901 million
Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ, news, msgs) $92.21 21.0% $31.9 billion
Home Properties (HME, news, msgs) $42.97 18.2% $1.3 billion
National Australia Bank (NAB, news, msgs) $123.16 15.9% $37 billion
New Jersey Resources (NJR, news, msgs) $43.50 13.1% $1.1 billion


Nothing is certain in the stock market, but who wants to bet against my view that more than three quarters of the stocks on this list will put up gains again in 2006, no matter what happens to the broad market? E-mail me at jon.markman@gmail.com to place your wager; put "Stock Streaks" in the subject line.