50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

n the following table, as of September 7,  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 166.34%, Adv Micro Devices stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Abiomed Inc stock and Netflix stock  with returns of 101.42% and 81.64%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date Return  1 Year Return
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 27.38 +166.34% +116.79%
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 377.49 +101.42% +145.36%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 348.68 +81.64% +94.79%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 167.28 +67.80% +78.85%
 AMZN Amazon.Com Inc 1,952.07 +66.92% +99.30%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 482.03 +66.78% +51.94%
 ALGN Align Technology I 368.64 +65.91% +104.81%
 XL XL Company Switzerland Gmbh 57.18 +62.63% +56.74%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 345.04 +57.92% +64.15%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 242.55 +55.10% +53.56%
 CPRT Copart Inc 65.53 +51.72% +103.95%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 132.47 +50.81% +73.46%
 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 136.20 +50.36% +72.25%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 83.11 +50.23% +114.81%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 260.87 +48.86% +67.79%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 80.25 +47.98% +89.27%
 GWW W.W. Grainger 349.29 +47.85% +114.84%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 537.96 +47.41% +55.71%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 50.71 +47.16% +10.70%
 CRM Salesforce.Com Inc 150.43 +47.15% +55.52%
 FFIV F5 Networks Inc 190.11 +44.88% +64.37%
 CNC Centene Corp 146.05 +44.78% +63.95%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 35.85 +44.61% +25.61%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 346.12 +43.89% +72.73%
 TJX TJX Companies 109.93 +43.77% +50.75%
 ADSK Autodesk Inc 149.17 +42.30% +30.79%
 MSCI MSCI Inc 179.18 +41.60% +57.15%
 M Macy’s Inc 35.51 +40.97% +63.49%
 NVDA Nvidia Corp 271.86 +40.50% +63.20%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 126.79 +40.35% +46.83%
 INTU Intuit Inc 220.32 +39.64% +56.26%
 MA Mastercard Inc 211.09 +39.46% +54.61%
 CTAS Cintas Corp 216.23 +38.76% +62.41%
 JWN Nordstrom 65.72 +38.71% +42.22%
 UA Under Armour Inc Class C Comm 18.42 +38.29% +15.27%
 HFC Hollyfrontier Corp 70.81 +38.25% +122.04%
 SIVB Svb Financial Grp 322.72 +38.05% +100.80%
 VRSN Verisign Inc 157.80 +37.89% +52.49%
 UAA Under Armour 19.66 +36.24% +13.44%
 TGT Target Corp 88.74 +36.00% +51.90%
 HUM Humana Inc 337.13 +35.90% +31.42%
 ANDV Andeavor 153.29 +34.07% +52.15%
 CSX CSX Corp 73.63 +33.85% +43.05%
 FLIR Flir Systems Inc 62.08 +33.16% +63.71%
 RMD Resmed Inc 112.04 +32.29% +42.15%
 HES Hess Corp 62.63 +31.94% +51.54%
 CA CA Inc 43.88 +31.85% +31.97%
 CTL Centurylink 21.94 +31.53% +17.58%
 EVHC Envision Healthcare Holdings 45.39 +31.34% -6.41%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 44.74 +31.13% +76.28%