2 FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 shares I’d consider buying to hold for 5 years!

I believe these FTSE 350 shares could help supercharge my returns over the next several years. Here’s why I’d buy them for my Stocks and Shares ISA.

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I’m searching for the best FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 shares to buy and hold to the end of the decade. Here are two on my watchlist.

Spire Healthcare Group

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The poor state of the National Health Service (NHS) makes Spire Healthcare Group (LSE:SPI) an attractive investment today. Demand for private healthcare is likely to continue rising as patients seek to avoid long waiting lists.

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Fresh Office for National Statistics research shows that almost 10m people are either waiting for a hospital appointment or to begin receiving NHS treatment. This backlog will likely take years to cut substantially, a challenge made all the more difficult by the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population.

It’s why I expect demand for Spire’s services from both self-pay patients and those using private medical insurance to keep soaring. Private revenues jumped 9.5% year on year in 2023, to £959.7m which, in turn, pushed operating profit almost a third higher, to £126.2m.

Spire can also expect further business from the NHS to help cut those massive waiting lists. NHS-related revenues leapt 15.5% in 2023, to £341.1m. And Spire has advised that “there could be increased commissioning” further down the line.

Reflecting this bright outlook, City analysts expect annual earnings growth here to average 34% through to 2026. This leaves the FTSE 250 firm trading on a forward price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.8.

Any reading below 1 indicates that a stock is undervalued. Despite the threat of potential staffing shortages, I’m considering adding more Spire shares to my portfolio.

Antofagasta

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I also think getting exposure to copper could be a good idea today. Prices of the essential metal just struck 14-month highs of $9,300 a tonne on mounting supply risks. And bets of further rises are growing on hopes of recovering Chinese demand.

Analysts at Citi, for instance, expect copper values to hit $12,000 within the next two years.

Purchasing a copper-backed exchange-traded fund (ETF) could allow me to exploit any further price rises. But I’d rather buy shares in a dividend-paying mining stock. This strategy would also provide me with an income.

Antofagasta (LSE:ANTO) is one such stock to consider buying today. For this year the Chile-focused miner carries a dividend yield of 1.2%, a figure that rises steadily through to 2026.

While some other copper stocks offer larger yields, Antofagasta has one large advantage: a string of world-class assets that could help it deliver sector-beating returns. This includes the Los Pelambres mine where it is steadily ramping up production.

The FTSE 100 firm now trades on a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.6 times. A high figure such as this could cause a share price correction if news suddenly worsens. Yet on balance, I still believe it’s a top stock to consider owning for the next several years.

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