Want to Grow Richer? These Stocks Have Doubled in the Past 5 Years
Shares of AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) and Merck (NYSE: MRK) have both more than doubled over the last five years. With a $228 billion market capitalization, AstraZeneca is the sixth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world and the second-biggest international-based drugmaker behind Novartis (NYSE: NVS). As you'd guess would be the case for a major player in the pharmaceutical industry, the British drugmaker possesses a remarkable product portfolio.