Particular financial metrics have been proven to indicate market-beating potential when analyzing stocks. Three examples are businesses with consistently growing dividend payments and a low payout ratio, steady share repurchases, and a high and rising return on invested capital. Finding companies that meet these requirements creates a "stocked pond" for us to fish in.One business swimming around in this stocked pond is animal health specialist Zoetis (ZTS 0.06%). It's achieved a total return above 500% sinc ...