50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2017 (as of September 1, 2017)
In the following table, you can see to 50 stocks that have the best performance in S&P 500 Index in 2017. With a return of 120.23%, VRTX stock has the highest return in 2017. It is followed by NRG stock and ALGN stock with a returns of 102.37 and 83.48%, respectively.
| Stock | Company | YTD Return |
|---|---|---|
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 120.23% |
| NRG | NRG Energy Inc | 102.37% |
| ALGN | Align Technology Inc | 83.48% |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard Inc | 80.34% |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts | 65.78% |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc | 61.79% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 59.7% |
| ISRG | Intuitive Surgical | 58.75% |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corp | 57.82% |
| CNC | Centene Corp | 56.82% |
| PYPL | PayPal Holdings Inc | 55.71% |
| FMC | FMC Corp | 54.54% |
| BA | Boeing | 54.37% |
| RHT | Red Hat Inc | 54.18% |
| ADSK | Autodesk Inc | 53.64% |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc | 51.49% |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | 51.44% |
| ADBE | Adobe | 50.62% |
| FB | 49.52% | |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc | 48.72% |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp | 46.14% |
| DLPH | Delphi Automotive PLC | 44.94% |
| CERN | Cerner Corp | 44.14% |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc | 44.05% |
| AVGO | Broadcom Ltd | 42.97% |
| SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 42.94% |
| DXC | DXC Technology Co | 42.9% |
| BCR | C R Bard Inc | 42.46% |
| MCO | Moody’s Corp | 41.89% |
| AAPL | Apple | 41.64% |
| XRX | Xerox | 41.56% |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions Inc | 41.4% |
| A | Agilent Technologies Inc | 41.31% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 41.15% |
| EL | Estee Lauder | 41.1% |
| COL | Rockwell Collins Inc | 40.8% |
| PHM | PulteGroup Inc | 40.75% |
| TSS | Total System Services Inc | 40.63% |
| BAX | Baxter International Inc | 40.35% |
| CRM | Salesforce.com | 40.24% |
| PVH | PVH Corp | 40.21% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | 39.76% |
| QRVO | Qorvo Inc | 38.93% |
| CSX | CSX Corp | 38.55% |
| ANSS | ANSYS Inc | 38.51% |
| AMT | American Tower | 37.94% |
| ALB | Albemarle Corp | 37.81% |
| INCY | Incyte Corp | 37.66% |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc | 37.62% |
| ARNC | Alcoa | 37.59% |