The wisdom of crowds is amazing.

At the start of 2025, you were asked to share you top 3 stock picks.

In this article, we review the 10 most-picked stocks. How did they perform in 2025?

Amazing results

Wow. That’s the only thing I can say.

The S&P 500 increased by 17.1% in 2025.

It was almost impossible to beat the market if you didn’t own any Big Tech.

But guess what? The average stock of Our Readers just did.

The results? Impressive:

• Average return (2025): +19.0%

• S&P 500 return (2025): +17.1%

Outperformance in a market like this is no small achievement.

It speaks volumes about the quality of ideas in the Community.

Just take this example of Micron from Craig Edwards.

The stock is up +219% since then:

Now, let’s dive into the 10 most-picked stocks and see how they performed

10. Melexis ($MELE)

• Performance 2025: +3.8%

Company Profile

How does the company make money?
Melexis makes small chips used in machines, especially cars. The more cars that are built, the more chips Melexis sells—and the more money it makes. For example, its chips are used in sensors that measure a car’s speed.

Electric cars need far more chips than traditional cars. As a result, Melexis is benefiting from the electrification of our vehicle fleet.

But the company disappointed in 2025:

• The car industry is having a tough time

• Melexis faces more competition

However, the company is diversifying its revenue streams.

As you can see, they are launching more and more products outside the automotive sector:

9. Dino Polska ($DNP)

• Performance 2025: +3.1%

How does the company make money?
Dino Polska runs grocery stores across Poland that sell fresh food and everyday essentials. The stores are mainly in small towns and rural areas.

2025 was an interesting year for Dino Polska.

The market was not happy about the slowing like-for-like growth.

What is like-for-like growth?
Like-for-like growth measures how sales change in existing stores, excluding new store openings. It shows whether a company is actually selling more to customers, and not just growing by expanding its store count.

Here’s a graph that shows the declining like-for-like growth of Dino Polska (blue line) and its most important competitor Biedronka (orange line):