The top-performing stocks from each region around the world

By Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch

It’s not Amazon /quotes/zigman/63011/composite AMZN -0.46% . Nor is it Netflix /quotes/zigman/87598/composite NFLX -0.23% . Or even Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681/composite TSLA +0.13% . Of course, all three of those stocks have certainly enriched shareholders in a big way over the past five years. But there’s one, in particular, that has outperformed the rest.

And it’s no tech juggernaut.

LendingTree /quotes/zigman/44542725/composite TREE +2.48% , according to FactSet data, has surged 1,562% over that time frame. to trump all North American stocks. To weed out the penny stocks, FactSet screened global markets for stocks trading over $5 a share with a market cap of at least $500 million back in February 2012.

The online lender has ridden a healing economy and increasing loan demand to big profit growth. The stock is well off its record highs near $150 a share from last year, but it’s still top dog in the region by this metric, beating out mortgage software company Ellie Mae /quotes/zigman/1544102/composite ELLI -0.49%  and veterinary products maker Heska /quotes/zigman/2380047/composite HSKA -0.22%  in the second and third positions.

LendingTree, however, is runner-up to Europe’s biggest gainer when it comes to the world’s top performer in that period, FactSet noted. Danish biotech Genmab /quotes/zigman/266988/delayed DK:GEN -2.77%  has seen its shares explode for a 2,568% return to dwarf all others.

Taking a tour of the leaders in the rest of the regions: Brazilian energy firm Equatorial Energia /quotes/zigman/1495494/delayed BR:EQTL3 +0.94%  is tops in South America, with a 160% gain. Over in Asia, food giant SPC Samlip /quotes/zigman/1639884/delayed KR:005610 -3.40%  and its $1,327% jump leads the way. Internet and media group Naspers /quotes/zigman/130970/delayed ZA:NPN -1.08%  in No. 1 in Africa with a 224% advance, while Domino’s Pizza Enterprise Ltd. /quotes/zigman/378375/delayed AU:DMP -0.25%  is the biggest winner in the Pacific thanks to a 505% leap.

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Amazon.com Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 1,715.97

-7.89 -0.46%

Volume: 4.42M

June 15, 2018 4:00p

P/E Ratio

216.34

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$832.63 billion

Rev. per Employee

$341,332

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Netflix Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 391.98

-0.89 -0.23%

Volume: 13.24M

June 15, 2018 4:00p

P/E Ratio

263.07

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$170.39 billion

Rev. per Employee

$2.32M

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Tesla Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 358.17

+0.45 +0.13%

Volume: 10.47M

June 15, 2018 4:00p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$60.82 billion

Rev. per Employee

$332,185

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LendingTree Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 254.40

+6.15 +2.48%

Volume: 358,100

June 15, 2018 4:00p

P/E Ratio

94.93

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$3.18 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.25M

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ELLIE MAE Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 112.84

-0.56 -0.49%

Volume: 229,928

June 15, 2018 4:02p

P/E Ratio

88.85

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$3.88 billion

Rev. per Employee

$298,616

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Heska Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 106.51

-0.24 -0.22%

Volume: 59,349

June 15, 2018 4:00p

P/E Ratio

109.80

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$794.46 million

Rev. per Employee

$390,058

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Genmab A/S

DK : Denmark: OMX

kr. 960.40

-27.40 -2.77%

Volume: 366,211

June 15, 2018 4:59p

P/E Ratio

46.37

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

kr.59.00 billion

Rev. per Employee

kr.10.88M

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Equatorial Energia S/A Ord

BR : Brazil: Bovespa

R$ 59.16

+0.55 +0.94%

Volume: 2.28M

June 15, 2018 7:45p

P/E Ratio

11.69

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

R$11.76 billion

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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SPC Samlip Co. Ltd.

KR : S. Korea: KRX

₩ 128,000

-4,500 -3.40%

Volume: 6,599

June 18, 2018 10:33a

P/E Ratio

28.58

Dividend Yield

0.75%

Market Cap

₩1143.34 billion

Rev. per Employee

₩1.18B

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Naspers Ltd. N

ZA : South Africa

329,912

-3,588 -1.08%

Volume: 2.11M

June 15, 2018 5:00p

P/E Ratio

30.90

Dividend Yield

0.18%

Market Cap

1447.78 billion

Rev. per Employee

3.41M

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Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

AU : Australia: Sydney

$ 52.11

-0.13 -0.25%

Volume: 52,409

June 18, 2018 11:33a

P/E Ratio

41.56

Dividend Yield

2.23%

Market Cap

$4.46 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.68M