50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of August 24,  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 133.27%, Adv Micro Devices stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Abiomed Inc stock and Netflix stock  with returns of 103.31% and 86.92%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date Return  1 Year Return
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 23.98 +133.27% +91.84%
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 381.03 +103.31% +155.85%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 358.82 +86.92% +113.42%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 520.71 +80.16% +72.47%
 ALGN Align Technology I 367.60 +65.44% +109.69%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 164.36 +64.87% +76.54%
 AMZN Amazon.Com Inc 1,905.39 +62.93% +100.05%
 XL XL Company Switzerland Gmbh 57.04 +62.23% +34.15%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 249.50 +59.55% +63.53%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 340.60 +55.89% +75.60%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 53.38 +54.90% +23.22%
 GWW W.W. Grainger 365.15 +54.56% +130.63%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 84.24 +52.28% +117.06%
 ADSK Autodesk Inc 157.20 +49.96% +42.12%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 131.36 +49.54% +65.73%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 261.51 +49.23% +73.40%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 80.86 +49.11% +110.30%
 UAA Under Armour 21.50 +49.00% +26.10%
 CRM Salesforce.Com Inc 152.30 +48.98% +61.76%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 541.52 +48.39% +64.00%
 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 134.33 +48.30% +75.39%
 UA Under Armour Inc Class C Comm 19.71 +47.97% +25.30%
 CPRT Copart Inc 62.73 +45.24% +97.39%
 M Macy’s Inc 36.51 +44.94% +76.46%
 CNC Centene Corp 145.24 +43.97% +68.88%
 HFC Hollyfrontier Corp 73.58 +43.65% +154.60%
 FFIV F5 Networks Inc 187.64 +43.00% +59.67%
 TWTR Twitter Inc 34.28 +42.77% +102.96%
 TJX TJX Companies 108.06 +41.33% +52.43%
 NVDA Nvidia Corp 272.22 +40.68% +64.79%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 126.65 +40.19% +46.40%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 34.72 +40.06% +29.99%
 SIVB Svb Financial Grp 326.53 +39.68% +92.83%
 RHI Robert Half International Inc 77.56 +39.65% +77.40%
 MA Mastercard Inc 209.40 +38.35% +57.49%
 MSCI MSCI Inc 174.02 +37.52% +55.35%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 330.67 +37.47% +68.33%
 INTU Intuit Inc 216.63 +37.30% +60.08%
 HES Hess Corp 65.14 +37.22% +69.81%
 CTAS Cintas Corp 212.63 +36.45% +59.63%
 CTL Centurylink 22.75 +36.39% +13.41%
 VRSN Verisign Inc 156.08 +36.39% +53.77%
 ANDV Andeavor 155.26 +35.79% +63.35%
 CSX CSX Corp 74.65 +35.70% +54.30%
 TGT Target Corp 87.31 +33.81% +61.06%
 HUM Humana Inc 331.44 +33.61% +31.60%
 STX Seagate Tech Ord Shs 55.75 +33.25% +79.72%
 COP Conocophillips 72.61 +32.28% +67.69%
 CA CA Inc 43.94 +32.03% +35.53%
 RL Ralph Lauren Corp 136.70 +31.84% +59.05%