Want to Grow Richer? These Stocks Have Doubled in the Past 5 Years

With savvy stock-picking and a bit of patience, building wealth isn't as difficult as it is often made out to be. This is because quality businesses grow their revenue and profits, which makes their shares more valuable over time.

Shares of (NASDAQ: AZN) and Merck (NYSE: MRK) have both more than doubled over the last five years. Let's dig into what the two pharmaceutical companies accomplished that drove their stock prices higher, and whether they can keep up those strong performances.

With a $228 billion market capitalization, AstraZeneca is the sixth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world and the second-biggest international-based drugmaker behind Novartis (NYSE: NVS).

Source Fool.com