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Top 20 Developer Tools stocks of 2016

The 20 highest-rated Developer Tools stocks entering 2016, with dated fundamentals and 2016 performance. NexusTrade AI stock ratings through 2015-12-31.

As of 2026-10-13T08:47:03.059Z

Ratings through
2015-12-31
Companies scored
28
Median score
3.25 / 5
Report dates
2015-10-07 to 2015-12-31
List status
Historical year cutoff
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The podium

The ring number is the fundamental score from each company's latest AI report on or before the cutoff.

The scores

Bars show the fundamental score out of 5 for the leading 12 companies; 28 total companies hold a rating in this cohort.

Fundamental scoreHighest ratedADBE+4 / 5AKAM+4 / 5CGNX+4 / 5CRM+4 / 5MSFT+4 / 5NVDA+4 / 5ORCL+4 / 5PEGA+4 / 5SNPS+4 / 5TYL+4 / 5CDNS+3.5 / 5EMR+3.5 / 5
ADBEAKAMCGNXCRMMSFTNVDAORCLPEGASNPSTYLCDNSEMR
10 companies tie at the top score of 4; tied companies are ordered alphabetically.

Fundamentals at the cutoff

Dated market observations pinned to 2015-12-31 — the same SEC daily dataset the company pages use, frozen on the day this list was set.

How these stocks traded

Historical cumulative return since January 1, 2016 for the podium companies against the S&P 500. This selection uses reports through 2015-12-31; the chart describes past prices and is not a strategy backtest.

Cumulative return in 2016648.5-24.42016-01-042026-10-12
ADBE 2026-10-12
158.93
AKAM 2026-10-12
94.32
CGNX 2026-10-12
271.51
SPY 2026-10-12
287.08
ADBEAKAMCGNXSPYHistorical simulation

The whole field

Every fundamental score available through 2015-12-31 for this industry, including the full selection behind the list above.

Companies at each scoreScore level1.5+3 companies2.0+2 companies2.5+4 companies3.0+5 companies3.5+4 companies4.0+10 companies
1.52.02.53.03.54.0

How this list is built

Scores are NexusTrade AI fundamental-report ratings on a 1–5 scale: the latest report published on or before 2015-12-31 for every currently tracked company in this selection. Industry membership reflects each company's current products-and-revenue classification, not a historical snapshot; equal scores are ordered alphabetically.

Fundamentals are dated SEC market observations frozen at publication. The current-year list can be republished as new reports arrive; past-year lists keep their original year-end cutoff.

A rating summarizes a filed report; it does not predict a stock's return. Framing: the 20 highest-rated developer tools stocks entering 2016.

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