15 stock market winners lost to index fund investors in 2020

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The COVID-19 economy has been brutal to the millions of people directly affected, through illness and the loss of family members and friends, but also despite the loss of jobs, the destruction of businesses and the disruption of jobs. The stock market has been a different story: Unparalleled incentive efforts by the federal government and the Federal Reserve have been put on top.

Some of the most notable stock market winners in 2020 are companies with innovative technology and services that businesses and consumers have relied on for remote access. However, many are not yet included in the S&P 500 SPX Index,
-0.22%,
the part of the market on which most of the money was invested in low cost index money, including the SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY,
-0.19%.
Others, while part of the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP,
-0.38%,
they are not yet included in the Nasdaq-100 NDX Index,
+ 0.04%,
followed by the QQQ Invesco ETQ QQQ Trust,
+ 0.09%

SPY has risen 18% while QQQ has risen an impressive 48%, both through Dec. 28.

This list does not include Tesla Inc. TSLA,
+ 0.35%,
added to the S&P 500 on 21 December; shares of electric car manufacturers had risen by 731% by then.

Click here for more about Tesla and lists of the best performing stocks in 2020 from among the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial average DJIA,
-0.22%
and Nasdaq-100 NDX Index,
+ 0.04%.

Here are 15 stocks that have risen significantly this year but are not included in the broad S&P or Nasdaq-100 indices:

Company

Ticker

Industry

Price change – 2020

Market capitalization ($ mil)

Cloudflare Inc. Class A.

NET,
-1.42%

Information Technology Services

398%

19,878

Class CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

CRWD,
-3.11%

Packaged software

343%

41,632

Zscaler Inc.

ZS,
-0.77%

Software

341%

27,546

Pinterest Inc. Class A.

PINS,
+ 0.74%

Software / Internet Services

281%

36,291

Clas A Twilio Inc.

TWLO,
-1.45%

Software

269%

50,898

Square Inc. Class A.

SQ,
-4.18%

Information Technology Services

265%

87,615

Trading Desk Inc. Class A.

TTD,
-1.48%

Advertising / marketing services

259%

39,087

Zillow Group Inc. Class C.

Z,
-1.60%

Information Technology Services

202%

22,999

Clas A Carvana Co.

CVNA,
-0.39%

Special products

198%

19,389

Wayfair Inc. Class A.

W,
-2.04%

Internet Retail

180%

18,408

Clas A Roku Inc.

ROKU,
-0.25%

Electronics / Appliances

167%

38,907

Teladoc Health Inc.

TDOC,
+ 0.58%

Hospital / Nursing Management

148%

30,145

RingCentral Inc. Class A.

RNG,
-0.73%

Software

136%

31,613

Spotify Technology SA

SPOT,
+ 0.36%

Software / Internet Services

120%

61,422

Veeva Systems Inc. Class A.

VEEV,
+ 0.09%

Software

104%

39,218

Source: FactSet

Scroll down the table to see all data.

You can click on the tickets for more about each company, including accounts, news coverage, price ratios and listings.

Here is a summary of Wall Street analysts’ views on these stocks after such remarkable gains:

Company

Ticker

Share ‘Buy’ rating

Share a neutral rating

Share ‘sale’ rating

Closing price

Consensus price target

Base capacity over 12 months

Cloudflare Inc. Class A.

NET,
-1.42%

81%

19%

0%

$ 84.98

$ 72.60

-15%

Class CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

CRWD,
-3.11%

75%

20%

5%

$ 221.12

$ 188.26

-15%

Zscaler Inc.

ZS,
-0.77%

52%

44%

4%

$ 205.27

$ 187.55

-9%

Pinterest Inc. Class A.

PINS,
+ 0.74%

64%

32%

4%

$ 71.04

$ 69.46

-2%

Clas A Twilio Inc.

TWLO,
-1.45%

78%

15%

7%

$ 362.88

$ 366.70

1%

Square Inc. Class A.

SQ,
-4.18%

57%

34%

9%

$ 228.28

$ 217.66

-5%

Trading Desk Inc. Class A.

TTD,
-1.48%

42%

53%

5%

$ 931.77

$ 751.44

-19%

Zillow Group Inc. Class C.

Z,
-1.60%

48%

39%

13%

$ 138.64

$ 130.20

-6%

Clas A Carvana Co.

CVNA,
-0.39%

62%

38%

0%

$ 274.71

$ 241.95

-12%

Wayfair Inc. Class A.

W,
-2.04%

45%

39%

16%

$ 252.82

$ 304.08

20%

Clas A Roku Inc.

ROKU,
-0.25%

59%

33%

8%

$ 356.99

$ 275.67

-23%

Teladoc Health Inc.

TDOC,
+ 0.58%

60%

40%

0%

$ 207.95

$ 242.78

17%

RingCentral Inc. Class A.

RNG,
-0.73%

96%

0%

4%

$ 398.51

$ 364.13

-9%

Spotify Technology SA

SPOT,
+ 0.36%

47%

33%

20%

$ 328.39

$ 285.78

-13%

Veeva Systems Inc. Class A.

VEEV,
+ 0.09%

65%

26%

9%

$ 287.58

$ 308.43

7%

Source: FactSet

Analysts on 11 of these 15 stocks have “buy” or equivalent rates; however, most of the stock has outperformed the consensus price targets. These price targets are typically for 12 months, so it’s clear that analysts are confident for many as long-term plays, despite appearing high valuations for the year. short-term.

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