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But when looking at a longer snapshot of time, eight of these 10 companies outperformed the market during the past five years (the exceptions were Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) and FedEx). The most noteworthy performers were No. 5 Starbucks, No. 3 Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), and No. 1 Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), whose stocks returned 292%, 256%, and 150%, respectively, over the past five years, compared with the S&P 500’s 20% return during the same period.

Foolish takeaway
By and large, the companies that insiders believe are admirable really are good investments. Most of them significantly outperformed the S&P 500. But it’s important to remember not to take the word of any “experts” as the last word.

The article 5 Companies Key Business Insiders Love originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Nicole Seghetti.

Fool contributor Nicole Seghetti owns shares of Apple and FedEx. Follow her on Twitter: @NicoleSeghetti. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, FedEx, Google, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, and Walt Disney and owns shares of Amazon.com, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, Google, IBM, Starbucks, and Walt Disney.

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