Pharmaceuticals and biotech are heavily represented on the list of the top 15 stocks by 5-year total return. (Rafe Swan/Cultura/Getty)
Canadian Business’s annual Investor 500 stock ranking typically sorts stocks by their one-year return on investment, but there are lots of other ways to rank the leading companies of the TSX.
Here are the companies that have shown the highest total cumulative return over the last five years:
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Total 5-Year* Return (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neovasc Inc. | NVC | 4,445.50 |
| 2 | Kelso Technologies Inc. | KLS | 3,435.30 |
| 3 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int’l Inc. | VRX | 1,541.00 |
| 4 | ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. | PLI | 1,520.70 |
| 5 | Clearwater Seafoods Inc. | CLR | 1,274.10 |
| 6 | Nobilis Health Corp. | NHC | 1,262.90 |
| 7 | Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. | CPH | 1,187.10 |
| 8 | Constellation Software Inc. | CSU | 1,076.30 |
| 9 | Boyd Group Income Fund | BYD.UN | 1,047.70 |
| 10 | AutoCanada Inc. | ACQ | 1,017.00 |
| 11 | Whitecap Resources Inc. | WCP | 786.7 |
| 12 | Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. | ATD.B | 654 |
| 13 | DHX Media Ltd. | DHX | 643.4 |
| 14 | Badger Daylighting Ltd. | BAD | 581.7 |
| 15 | Poet Technologies Inc. | PTK† | 566.7 |
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