By Mark Hulbert

Apple Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202934861/composite AAPL -2.45% , 63.9%

Lam Research Corp. /zigman2/quotes/208077897/composite LRCX -3.86% , 47.6%

Barrick Gold Corp. /zigman2/quotes/201432642/composite GOLD -1.81% , 40.6%

Microsoft Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207732364/composite MSFT -2.70% , 38.4%

Lowe’s Cos. /zigman2/quotes/205563664/composite LOW -2.92% , 35.3%

Cummins Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208385233/composite CMI +1.55% , 35.2%

Facebook Inc. Class A /zigman2/quotes/205064656/composite FB -1.39% , 34.9%

McKesson Corp. /zigman2/quotes/206975466/composite MCK -0.87% , 33.4%

For the record, I should report that I presented a similar list of stocks one year ago. For the month of December 2019, their average return was 5.2%, versus 2.9% for the S&P 500 (assuming dividends were reinvested).

Mark Hulbert is a regular contributor to MarketWatch. His Hulbert Ratings tracks investment newsletters that pay a flat fee to be audited. He can be reached at mark@hulbertratings.com

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Apple Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 122.06

-3.06 -2.45%

Volume: 112.82M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

33.00

Dividend Yield

0.67%

Market Cap

$2100.53 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.86M

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Lam Research Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 551.23

-22.13 -3.86%

Volume: 1.63M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

27.35

Dividend Yield

0.94%

Market Cap

$81.94 billion

Rev. per Employee

$888,552

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Barrick Gold Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 19.50

-0.36 -1.81%

Volume: 21.35M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

14.92

Dividend Yield

1.69%

Market Cap

$35.31 billion

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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Microsoft Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 227.56

-6.31 -2.70%

Volume: 34.01M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

33.89

Dividend Yield

0.98%

Market Cap

$1763.90 billion

Rev. per Employee

$877,393

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Lowe's Cos.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 158.29

-4.76 -2.92%

Volume: 5.24M

March 3, 2021 4:03p

P/E Ratio

20.45

Dividend Yield

1.52%

Market Cap

$119.19 billion

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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Cummins Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 261.67

+3.99 +1.55%

Volume: 1.21M

March 3, 2021 4:04p

P/E Ratio

21.81

Dividend Yield

2.06%

Market Cap

$38.14 billion

Rev. per Employee

$342,603

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Facebook Inc. Cl A

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 255.41

-3.59 -1.39%

Volume: 15.51M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

25.28

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$737.55 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.47M

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McKesson Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 172.21

-1.51 -0.87%

Volume: 1.60M

March 3, 2021 4:02p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.98%

Market Cap

$27.62 billion

Rev. per Employee

$2.89M