50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in the first quarter of 2018

In the following table, you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 57.17%, XL Group stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Netflix stock and Seagate Technology stock with returns of 53.86% and 39.87%, respectively.

Stock Last Week 1 Month Year to Date 1 Year
XL Group -0.13% 27.62% 57.17% 38.64%
Netflix -1.86% -1.89% 53.86% 99.82%
Seagate Technology 3.98% 8.13% 39.87% 27.41%
CSRA Inc -0.51% 1.73% 37.80% 40.76%
Micron -3.82% 6.17% 26.80% 80.42%
Red Hat 1.09% 0.50% 24.49% 72.84%
Edwards Lifesciences 3.10% 3.69% 23.79% 48.32%
Amazon.com -3.22% -3.53% 23.76% 63.26%
Adobe 0.49% 3.00% 23.31% 66.05%
IDEXX Labs 0.57% 3.03% 22.39% 23.79%
Hewlett Packard -0.51% -6.60% 22.14% -1.24%
Dr Pepper Snapple 0.36% 1.84% 21.97% 20.89%
Kohl’s 5.70% -1.49% 20.80% 64.56%
Autodesk -1.91% 8.00% 19.79% 45.23%
Booking Holdings -0.32% 2.29% 19.72% 16.88%
NVIDIA -0.59% -2.09% 19.68% 112.60%
WW Grainger 4.53% 10.56% 19.48% 21.27%
Tapestry 1.68% 3.26% 18.95% 27.29%
Advance Auto Parts 6.96% 2.14% 18.92% -20.04%
TripAdvisor 2.12% 3.02% 18.66% -5.26%
Macy’s Inc 9.30% -2.20% 18.06% 0.34%
Estee Lauder 4.12% 6.45% 17.67% 76.58%
Motorola 0.98% -0.93% 16.56% 22.13%
ResMed 3.14% 3.74% 16.27% 36.82%
Everest 3.29% 7.46% 16.07% 9.84%
Western Digital -0.08% 4.56% 16.02% 11.80%
Zoetis Inc 3.61% 2.74% 15.92% 56.47%
Mastercard 1.94% 0.08% 15.72% 55.74%
Electronic Arts -0.16% -3.08% 15.40% 35.43%
Raytheon 0.58% 0.48% 14.89% 41.52%
IPG 4.54% -2.33% 14.24% -6.27%
Eastman Chemical 2.70% 4.79% 13.97% 30.67%
Harris 2.60% 4.82% 13.86% 44.94%
Salesforce.com 1.63% -4.61% 13.76% 40.99%
Northrop Grumman 0.97% 1.77% 13.75% 46.79%
Cognizant 1.56% -0.96% 13.35% 35.25%
Under Armour A 3.61% -3.94% 13.31% -17.34%
Intuitive Surgical 3.43% -1.09% 13.12% 61.58%
Align 0.08% -1.02% 13.02% 118.93%
Intel 5.51% 6.33% 12.82% 44.39%
S&P Global 2.45% 1.08% 12.79% 46.14%
Xylem 1.63% 4.64% 12.79% 53.17%
Anadarko Petroleum -1.87% 5.15% 12.62% -2.56%
Nasdaq Inc 6.81% 6.99% 12.22% 24.15%
Cisco 1.11% -2.66% 11.98% 26.89%
Chipotle Mexican Grill 0.25% 0.98% 11.79% -27.48%
E-TRADE 4.37% 7.55% 11.78% 58.81%
Transdigm 1.37% 7.64% 11.77% 39.42%
NetApp 0.88% 1.53% 11.51% 47.41%
Global Payments 0.31% -1.70% 11.25% 38.23%