25 Best Performing Nasdaq 100 Index Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of October 12,  you can see 25 stocks that have the best performances in Nasdaq 100 Index in 2018. With a return of 76.89%, Netflix Inc stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Amazon.com Inc stock and Align Technology I stock  with returns of 52.94% and 47.40%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date (YtD) Return  1 Year Return
 NFLX Netflix Inc 339.56 +76.89% +73.37%
 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 1,788.61 +52.94% +78.69%
 ALGN Align Technology I 327.50 +47.40% +70.24%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 321.69 +47.23% +54.48%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 532.02 +45.78% +46.75%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 222.42 +42.23% +37.50%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 248.87 +42.02% +62.01%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 339.54 +41.16% +64.02%
 INTU Intuit Inc 211.82 +34.25% +45.22%
 ADSK Autodesk Inc 138.18 +31.81% +16.13%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 44.94 +31.71% +76.30%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 45.36 +31.36% +73.53%
 CA CA Inc 43.70 +31.31% +28.83%
 AAPL Apple Inc 222.11 +31.25% +42.38%
 MSFT Microsoft Corp 109.57 +28.09% +42.08%
 CSX CSX Corp 70.20 +27.61% +31.02%
 NVDA Nvidia Corp 246.54 +27.41% +29.06%
 ESRX Express Scripts 94.29 +26.33% +63.50%
 WDAY Workday Inc 128.31 +26.12% +18.11%
 ULTA Ulta Salon Cosmetic 275.64 +23.24% +44.95%
 ATVI Activision Blizzard 77.92 +23.06% +25.58%
 COST Costco Wholesale 226.95 +21.94% +44.35%
 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceutic 181.32 +20.99% +17.76%
 HSIC Henry Schein Inc 83.95 +20.13% +4.27%
 ADP Automatic Data Procs 140.72 +20.08% +23.88%