Study: ORLY, JKHY among best-performing stocks

O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (Nasdaq: ORLY) and Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (Nasdaq: JKHY) are the two best-performing stocks in Missouri, according to a study released yesterday by financial data tracker SmartAsset.

The firm ranked Missouri-based public companies based on stock price, dividends paid and volatility from Dec. 30, 2009, to March 31, 2015. Only companies with a market value greater than $50 million were considered, and each stock’s performance was measured against a three-month Treasury bill dated March 31 as the risk-free rate, according to a news release.

No. 1-rated O’Reilly Automotive - categorized as a large cap company with a market value of greater than $10 billion - has an average annual stock return of 38.3 percent and volatility of 22.1 percent. Overall, the stock’s performance was 76.2 on a 100-point scale.

Monett-based Jack Henry - the No. 2 company categorized with a mid cap market value of $2 billion to $10 billion - posted an average annual return of 22.5 percent and volatility of 18 percent. Its overall index is 61.9, according to the release.

SmartAsset’s Top 10 publicly traded companies in Missouri are:

1. O’Reilly Automotive Inc., 76.2
2. Jack Henry & Associates Inc., 61.9
3. Centene Corp., 59.7
4. Cerner Corp., 59.2
5. Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc., 52.6
6. DST Systems Inc., 51.8
7. Belden Inc., 51.7
8. Sigma-Aldrich Corp., 51.3
9. Kansas City Southern, 50.2
10. Panera Bread Co., 45.5

JKHY shares were trading at $65.78, compared to a 52-week range of $51.86 to $70.25.[[In-content Ad]]