25 Best Performing Nasdaq 100 Index Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of October 19,  you can see 25 stocks that have the best performances in Nasdaq 100 Index in 2018. With a return of 73.30%, Netflix Inc stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Amazon.com Inc stock and Illumina Inc stock  with returns of 50.84% and 43.30%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date Return  1 Year Return
 NFLX Netflix Inc 332.67 +73.30% +70.49%
 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 1,764.03 +50.84% +78.80%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 313.10 +43.30% +52.60%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 339.87 +41.29% +62.38%
 ALGN Align Technology I 312.79 +40.78% +58.90%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 245.03 +39.83% +42.68%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 218.40 +39.66% +35.17%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 504.26 +38.18% +41.07%
 INTU Intuit Inc 211.10 +33.79% +43.98%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 45.53 +33.44% +70.52%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 45.84 +32.75% +67.48%
 CA CA Inc 43.96 +32.09% +29.56%
 AAPL Apple Inc 219.31 +29.59% +40.60%
 ESRX Express Scripts 95.30 +27.68% +62.21%
 ADSK Autodesk Inc 133.18 +27.04% +11.64%
 MSFT Microsoft Corp 108.66 +27.03% +39.47%
 WDAY Workday Inc 127.70 +25.52% +19.60%
 CSX CSX Corp 67.94 +23.50% +25.68%
 COST Costco Wholesale 229.67 +23.40% +44.94%
 ADP Automatic Data Procs 143.41 +22.37% +25.12%
 ULTA Ulta Salon Cosmetic 270.78 +21.07% +32.33%
 VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc 116.14 +20.98% +36.78%
 FISV Fiserv Inc 78.53 +19.77% +23.14%
 NVDA Nvidia Corp 229.17 +18.43% +15.86%
 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 45.34 +18.38% +34.34%