50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2017 (as of September 29, 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 108.73%, NRG stock has the highest return in 2017. It is followed by VRTX stock and ALGN stock with a returns of 106.38% and 93.77%, respectively.
| Stock | Company | Price | Ytd Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| NRG | NRG Energy Inc | 25.59 | 108.73% |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 152.04 | 106.38% |
| ALGN | Align Technology Inc | 186.27 | 93.77% |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc | 39.33 | 79.43% |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard Inc | 64.51 | 78.65% |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corp | 185.04 | 75.01% |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts | 148.92 | 72.14% |
| CNC | Centene Corp | 96.77 | 71.24% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 178.77 | 67.48% |
| ISRG | Intuitive Surgical | 1,045.88 | 64.92% |
| BA | Boeing | 254.21 | 63.29% |
| PYPL | PayPal Holdings Inc | 64.03 | 62.22% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | 52.09 | 61.42% |
| RHT | Red Hat Inc | 110.86 | 59.05% |
| ALB | Albemarle Corp | 136.31 | 58.35% |
| FMC | FMC Corp | 89.31 | 57.9% |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems Inc | 39.47 | 56.5% |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc | 199.20 | 55.58% |
| ADSK | Autodesk Inc | 112.26 | 51.68% |
| CSX | CSX Corp | 54.26 | 51.02% |
| CERN | Cerner Corp | 71.32 | 50.56% |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc | 118.06 | 49.9% |
| MTD | Mettler-Toledo International Inc | 626.16 | 49.6% |
| PHM | PulteGroup Inc | 27.33 | 48.69% |
| FB | 170.87 | 48.52% | |
| MCO | Moody’s Corp | 139.21 | 47.67% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 181.35 | 46.49% |
| DHI | D.R. Horton Inc | 39.93 | 46.1% |
| DLPH | Delphi Automotive PLC | 98.40 | 46.1% |
| CBOE | CBOE Holdings Inc | 107.63 | 45.66% |
| SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 156.31 | 45.35% |
| ADBE | Adobe | 149.18 | 44.91% |
| XRX | Xerox | 33.29 | 44.74% |
| DXC | DXC Technology Co | 85.88 | 44.53% |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | 118.54 | 44.49% |
| BCR | C R Bard Inc | 320.50 | 42.66% |
| ABBV | AbbVie | 88.86 | 41.9% |
| BAX | Baxter International Inc | 62.75 | 41.52% |
| EL | Estee Lauder | 107.84 | 40.99% |
| A | Agilent Technologies Inc | 64.20 | 40.91% |
| COL | Rockwell Collins Inc | 130.71 | 40.91% |
| CI | Cigna Corp | 186.94 | 40.15% |
| AVY | Avery Dennison Corp | 98.34 | 40.05% |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology Inc | 89.78 | 39.95% |
| VRSN | Verisign Inc | 106.39 | 39.86% |
| PVH | PVH Corp | 126.06 | 39.69% |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp | 144.05 | 39.5% |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 53.36 | 38.92% |
| WYN | Wyndham Worldwide Corp | 105.41 | 38.03% |
| SYMC | Symantec Corp | 32.81 | 37.34% |
