The best-performing stocks typically have robust sales growth, increasing margins, and rising returns on capital, and those that can maintain this trifecta year in and year out often become the legends of the investing world.

The bottom line is that over the long term, earnings growth goes hand in hand with the biggest winners. Taking that into account, here are three market-beating stocks with room for further growth.

FTAI Aviation (FTAI)

Five-Year Return: +769%

With a focus on the CFM56 engine that powers Boeing and Airbus’s planes, FTAI Aviation (NASDAQ: FTAI) sells, leases, maintains, and repairs aircraft engines.

Why Is FTAI a Top Pick?

1. Annual revenue growth of 53.4% over the past two years was outstanding, reflecting market share gains this cycle
2. Earnings per share grew by 46.4% annually over the last two years, massively outpacing its peers
3. Cash burn has become less severe over the last five years, showing the company is making some progress toward financial sustainability

At $237.11 per share, FTAI Aviation trades at 30.4x forward P/E. Is now the time to initiate a position? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

Woodward (WWD)

Five-Year Return: +196%

Initially designing controls for water wheels in the early 1900s, Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD) designs, services, and manufactures energy control products and optimization solutions.

Why Is WWD a Good Business?

1. Annual revenue growth of 13% over the past five years was outstanding, reflecting market share gains this cycle
2. Operating margin improvement of 5.6 percentage points over the last five years demonstrates its ability to scale efficiently
3. Performance over the past two years was turbocharged by share buybacks, which enabled its earnings per share to grow faster than its revenue

Woodward is trading at $353.05 per share, or 36.7x forward P/E. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our in-depth research report, it’s free.

Matador Resources (MTDR)

Five-Year Return: +103%

Operating primarily in the Delaware Basin where multiple oil-bearing layers lie stacked thousands of feet deep, Matador Resources (NYSE: MTDR) explores for, drills, and produces oil and natural gas from underground rock formations in New Mexico and Texas.

Why Are We Bullish on MTDR?

1. Annual revenue growth of 26.6% over the past ten years was outstanding, reflecting market share gains this cycle
2. Highly-profitable operating model results in strong unit economics and a best-in-class gross margin of 81.9%
3. Impressive free cash flow profitability enables the company to fund new investments or reward investors with share buybacks/dividends

Matador Resources’s stock price of $59.58 implies a valuation ratio of 7.1x forward P/E. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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