Research · refreshed nightly · July 28, 2026

Expensive for a Reason: The Priciest Elite Stocks (July 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
52median MVI
70median MGI
17joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by MVI
1
Nova Ltd.NVMI🇮🇱
Revenue +17%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 39O 65Cap $13.7B
2
ASM International N.V.ASM.NL🇳🇱
Revenue +13%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 42O 67Cap $39.9B
3
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB🇺🇸
Revenue +105%/yr · +21%/yr per share · asset light
G 73V 43O 70Cap $48.4B
4
CAVA Group, Inc.CAVA🇺🇸
Revenue +21%/yr · -56%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 44O 67Cap $7.5B
5
Bittium OyjBITTI.FI🇫🇮
Revenue +9%/yr · +9%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 45O 67Cap $1.2B
6
Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL🇺🇸
Revenue +13%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 45O 67Cap $30.0B
7
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.CDNS🇺🇸
Revenue +14%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 48O 67Cap $95.1B
8
Lotus Bakeries NVLOTB.BE🇧🇪
Revenue +15%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 48O 70Cap $8.6B
9
Datadog, Inc.DDOG🇺🇸
Revenue +29%/yr · +25%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 49O 68Cap $89.7B
10
Shopify Inc.SHOP🇨🇦
Revenue +22%/yr · +21%/yr per share · scale economics
G 73V 51O 74Cap $159.5B
11
HEICO CorporationHEI🇺🇸
Revenue +21%/yr · +21%/yr per share · scale economics
G 72V 51O 73Cap $43.8B
12
United Therapeutics CorporationUTHR🇺🇸
Revenue +13%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 52O 71Cap $25.6B
13
Sectra ABSECT.B.SE🇸🇪
Revenue +15%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 52O 72Cap $4.9B
14
LandBridge Company LLCLB🇺🇸
Revenue +41%/yr · +41%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 52O 70Cap $5.6B
15
Fortinet, Inc.FTNT🇺🇸
Revenue +16%/yr · +19%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 52O 70Cap $111.6B
16
Federal Signal Corp.FSS🇺🇸
Revenue +14%/yr · +14%/yr per share · scale economics
G 68V 53O 70Cap $6.9B
17
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO🇺🇸
Revenue +80%/yr · +48%/yr per share · asset light
G 75V 54O 76Cap $36.5B
18
BillionToOne, Inc.BLLN🇺🇸
Revenue +70%/yr · +18%/yr per share · asset light
G 77V 54O 79Cap $5.9B
19
Vericel CorporationVCEL🇺🇸
Revenue +13%/yr · +11%/yr per share · asset light
G 70V 55O 72Cap $2.3B
20
Diploma PLCDPLM.GB🇬🇧
Revenue +15%/yr · +13%/yr per share · scale economics
G 70V 55O 73Cap $12.1B
21
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.FIX🇺🇸
Revenue +30%/yr · +30%/yr per share · scale economics
G 68V 56O 72Cap $65.3B
22
Samsara Inc.IOT🇺🇸
Revenue +36%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 74V 56O 77Cap $19.2B
23
Exosens S.A.EXENS.FR🇫🇷
Revenue +33%/yr · +12%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 56O 72Cap $3.2B
24
Agilysys, Inc.AGYS🇺🇸
Revenue +17%/yr · +14%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 57O 71Cap $2.9B
25
argenx SEARGX🇳🇱
Revenue +58%/yr · +50%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 57O 74Cap $56.6B

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