Research · refreshed nightly · August 17, 2026

Expensive for a Reason: The Priciest Elite Stocks (October 2026)

The priciest names among the elite scorers.

This ranking runs backwards on purpose: it takes 25 of our elite scorers and sorts them by Value score from lowest up, surfacing the priciest elite stocks, the names the market already prices for perfection. Nova and CAVA open the list at a Value score of 37; Texas Pacific Land and $193B KLA follow at 44, with Rheinmetall, a $76B defense name, at 49.

A low Value score is not a verdict, it is a bill: quality this obvious rarely goes unpriced. The sharper tension sits inside CAVA, where 21% revenue growth pairs with a 56% annual decline per share. The median of 55 says even mid-list names are not cheap. Click any name for the full citation-backed analysis.

25companies qualify
50median MVI
70median MGI
4joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by MVI
1
Arm Holdings plcARM🇬🇧
Revenue +21%/yr · +20%/yr per share · asset light
G 74V 33O 65Cap $338.6B
2
Nova Ltd.NVMI🇮🇱
Revenue +18%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 36O 64Cap $15.3B
3
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB🇺🇸
Revenue +118%/yr · +29%/yr per share · asset light
G 73V 39O 68Cap $55.8B
4
CAVA Group, Inc.CAVA🇺🇸
Revenue +22%/yr · -56%/yr per share · scale economics
G 69V 40O 65Cap $8.6B
5
Lotus Bakeries NVLOTB.BE🇧🇪
Revenue +14%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 41O 66Cap $11.3B
6
ASM International N.V.ASM.NL🇳🇱
Revenue +14%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 45O 68Cap $53.8B
7
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO🇺🇸
Revenue +80%/yr · +48%/yr per share · asset light
G 75V 46O 73Cap $48.5B
8
Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL🇺🇸
Revenue +15%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 47O 69Cap $27.5B
9
Rubrik, Inc.RBRK🇺🇸
Revenue +34%/yr · -35%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 48O 69Cap $21.0B
10
Datadog, Inc.DDOG🇺🇸
Revenue +31%/yr · +27%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 49O 67Cap $92.6B
11
Shopify Inc.SHOP🇨🇦
Revenue +24%/yr · +23%/yr per share · scale economics
G 73V 49O 72Cap $173.9B
12
Amphenol CorporationAPH🇺🇸
Revenue +22%/yr · +21%/yr per share · scale economics
G 74V 50O 74Cap $211.7B
13
LandBridge Company LLCLB🇺🇸
Revenue +46%/yr · +46%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 50O 69Cap $6.1B
14
Natera, Inc.NTRA🇺🇸
Revenue +34%/yr · +23%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 50O 70Cap $41.8B
15
nVent Electric plcNVT🇺🇸
Revenue +14%/yr · +15%/yr per share · scale economics
G 70V 51O 70Cap $27.6B
16
Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.TFPM🇨🇦
Revenue +27%/yr · +18%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 51O 71Cap $7.6B
17
HEICO CorporationHEI🇺🇸
Revenue +21%/yr · +21%/yr per share · scale economics
G 72V 51O 72Cap $45.0B
18
Hamilton Lane IncorporatedHLNE🇺🇸
Revenue +18%/yr · +10%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 52O 70Cap $7.0B
19
AtriCure, Inc.ATRC🇺🇸
Revenue +16%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 52O 70Cap $2.3B
20
Sectra ABSECT.B.SE🇸🇪
Revenue +15%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 52O 71Cap $5.0B
21
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET🇺🇸
Revenue +29%/yr · +29%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 53O 70Cap $232.5B
22
JFrog Ltd.FROG🇺🇸
Revenue +24%/yr · +18%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 53O 70Cap $11.4B
23
Paymentus Holdings, Inc.PAY🇺🇸
Revenue +28%/yr · +26%/yr per share · scale economics
G 69V 53O 71Cap $5.3B
24
Red Violet, Inc.RDVT🇺🇸
Revenue +18%/yr · +16%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 54O 69Cap $1.0B
25
Samsara Inc.IOT🇺🇸
Revenue +36%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 74V 54O 76Cap $20.5B

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