Meet the 10 Market Stars Behind Millionaire-Making in 2025

Ten stocks ended 2025 on a powerful note, each posting gains of more than fourfold over the course of the year. One of the companies notably stood out for skyrocketing by more than 1,700 percent.

In this article, we spotlight last year’s 10 stars and look back at the key catalysts behind their jump.

Our list exclusively focused on stocks with a market capitalization of at least $2 billion.

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10. Aris Mining Corp. (NYSEAmerican:ARMN)

Aris Mining Corp. saw its share prices soar by 363.71 percent in full-year 2025, with the overall rally primarily driven by its expansion program, coupled with gold prices’ surge to record highs.

The steepest rally was observed late in November ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut in their last meeting for 2025, during which policymakers lowered benchmark rates by 25 basis points.

The Fed’s move sparked buying appetite in precious metals such as silver and gold, which propelled their prices to record highs, as well as in mining firms, over expectations that the rate cut, by weakening the US dollar, would bolster demand for the dollar-denominated gold and silver.

Additionally, sentiment was boosted by announcements earlier in December that it is now on track to hit 1 million ounces of gold production annually following the full acquisition of Colombian firm Soto Norte.

The latter was a joint venture firm between Aris Mining Corp. (NYSEAmerican:ARMN) and MDC Industry Holding Company LLC, with the former holding the controlling stake totaling 51 percent prior to the full takeover.

Aris Mining Corp. (NYSEAmerican:ARMN) said that the recent takeover would support the company’s focus on building a large and diversified gold business across Colombia and Guyana.

9. EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS)

EchoStar surged by 374.67 percent in 2025, an impressive recovery from what could be a turbulent year that almost put the company into bankruptcy, thanks to a series of billion-dollar deals with technology giants that regained investor confidence.

It can be recalled that EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS) in May this year announced that it intentionally did not settle $326 million of interest payments for one of its senior notes following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) initiation of a review to probe into the former’s compliance obligations to provide 5G services in the US.

According to EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS), the review froze its ability to make decisions on the interest payments.

President Donald Trump later intervened and directed the two parties to resolve their dispute.

Late in August, EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS) said that it officially sold licenses amounting to $23 billion to AT&T as part of its efforts to resolve the dispute.

In separate transactions in September and November, the company also sold its remaining AWS-3 and AWS-4 licenses to Elon Musk-led SpaceX for a total of $19.6 billion, in exchange for a combination of cash and SpaceX shares. The transaction effectively made EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS) one of the significant shareholders of SpaceX.

Lastly, the company’s surge to new records last month was boosted by news about SpaceX’s plan to list publicly in a bid to raise as much as $30 billion in fresh funds, a transaction that could bolster the company’s IPO valuation to $1.5 trillion.