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Do Stock Experts Beat the S&P 500? We Tracked 104 of Them.

Showing 104 public figures (all roles) with at least 20 tracked picks, out of 168 tracked overall. 50% lost to the S&P 500.

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104
20+ picks
Best Performer
+321.2%
Aswath Damodaran
Tracked Overall
168
1+ tracked pick
#2
MP
Mohnish Pabrai
5 picks
+287.9%
vs S&P
#1
AD
Aswath Damodaran
13 picks
+321.2%
vs S&P
#3
CP
Chamath Palihapitiya
20 picks
+240.0%
vs S&P
Min picks5+10+20+
Rank Name Alpha
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Top Stock Pickers - Who Actually Beat the Market

44 figures
1
AD
Aswath Damodaran
Analyst
13
+321.2%
2
MP
Mohnish Pabrai
Investor
5
+287.9%
3
CP
Chamath Palihapitiya
Investor
20
+240.0%
4
PG
Pat Gelsinger
CEO
8
+110.8%
5
PJ
Paul Tudor Jones
Fund Manager
11
+101.1%
6
BM
Bill Miller
Investor
12
+69.5%
7
JP
John Paulson
Fund Manager
7
+54.4%
8
MS
Masayoshi Son
CEO
7
+53.9%
9
MC
Mark Cuban
Investor
23
+47.9%
10
RH
Reed Hastings
CEO
10
+38.6%
11
TL
Tobi Lutke
CEO
9
+37.0%
12
DM
Doug Mcmillon
CEO
7
+30.7%
13
HT
Hock Tan
CEO
6
+29.6%
14
CI
Carl Icahn
Fund Manager
14
+28.8%
15
ES
Evan Spiegel
CEO
16
+27.6%
16
DT
Donald Trump
Politician
15
+25.5%
17
RG
Ross Gerber
Analyst
10
+24.8%
18
SK
Seth Klarman
Fund Manager
9
+24.0%
19
NP
Nancy Pelosi
Politician
27
+23.8%
20
GM
Gene Munster
Analyst
13
+20.2%
21
SM
Scott Minerd
Investor
19
+18.3%
22
RB
Ron Baron
Fund Manager
17
+16.2%
23
RK
Roaring Kitty
Investor
8
+13.9%
24
SC
Safra Catz
CEO
8
+12.9%
25
KL
Kevin O'Leary
Investor
9
+12.3%
26
DT
David Tepper
Fund Manager
15
+12.1%
27
MB
Michael Burry
Fund Manager
22
+12.1%
28
LW
Liang Wenfeng
CEO
18
+10.7%
29
PP
Paul Pelosi
Politician
9
+10.1%
30
DN
Dan Niles
Analyst
13
+10.0%
31
EW
Elizabeth Warren
Politician
9
+10.0%
32
PT
Peter Thiel
Investor
9
+9.9%
33
SA
Sam Altman
Investor
14
+9.3%
34
SB
Sergey Brin
Investor
6
+8.4%
35
GS
Guy Spier
Investor
5
+8.4%
36
LL
Li Lu
Fund Manager
5
+7.1%
37
AH
Andreas Halvorsen
Fund Manager
15
+6.8%
38
LP
Larry Page
Investor
6
+6.7%
39
WB
Warren Buffett
Fund Manager
23
+6.1%
40
KG
Ken Griffin
Fund Manager
7
+6.0%
41
NQ
Noel Quinn
CEO
19
+6.0%
42
JC
Jim Cramer
Media
62
+5.8%
43
BR
Barry Ritholtz
Investor
5
+5.3%
44
JB
Jeff Bezos
Investor
7
+5.0%
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GotReceipts tracks public stock picks from Investors, Fund Managers, Politicians, Analysts, Media figures, and CEOs. Every call is measured against the S&P 500 over the exact same window. The alpha shown is how much each person's public picks outperformed or underperformed the index.

Rankings default to alpha versus the S&P 500, and you can click the Picks or vs S&P columns to sort in either direction. Buy calls contribute to portfolio return calculations, while sell calls are graded directionally. Every pick links back to its source headline.