50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of October 26,  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 76.27%, Abiomed Inc stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Adv Micro Devices stock and Advance Auto Parts Inc stock  with returns of 71.50% and 65.06%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date (YtD)Return  1 Year Return
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 330.35 +76.27% +83.95%
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 17.63 +71.50% +46.86%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 164.55 +65.06% +92.12%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 299.83 +56.19% +53.59%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 438.38 +51.67% +55.72%
 WCG Wellcare Group 295.82 +47.09% +62.30%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 127.86 +45.56% +66.29%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 35.83 +44.53% +24.32%
 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 1,642.81 +40.47% +68.94%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 245.80 +40.26% +41.47%
 TJX TJX Companies 106.54 +39.34% +49.07%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 47.44 +37.67% +25.67%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 73.78 +36.05% +65.28%
 MKC Mccormick & Company Inc 138.39 +35.80% +39.73%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 326.08 +35.56% +52.37%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 295.10 +35.06% +41.66%
 TWTR Twitter Inc 32.36 +34.78% +59.33%
 DISCA Discovery Comm A 30.13 +34.63% +55.79%
 AES The Aes Corp 14.55 +34.35% +33.98%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 486.89 +33.42% +30.76%
 CRM Salesforce.com Inc 135.52 +32.56% +35.45%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 119.68 +32.48% +32.57%
 CA CA Inc 43.96 +32.09% +34.72%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 44.80 +31.30% +74.32%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 45.14 +30.73% +71.57%
 MA Mastercard Inc 197.49 +30.48% +34.72%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 203.45 +30.10% +23.87%
 FFIV F5 Networks Inc 170.38 +29.84% +37.35%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 71.82 +29.83% +61.68%
 DISCK Discovery Comm Inc 27.42 +29.52% +50.08%
 JWN Nordstrom 61.12 +29.00% +44.80%
 M Macy’s Inc 32.37 +28.50% +51.69%
 HUM Humana Inc 318.25 +28.29% +26.53%
 INTU Intuit Inc 202.02 +28.04% +33.50%
 AAPL Apple Inc 216.30 +27.81% +37.41%
 ESRX Express Scripts 94.28 +26.31% +59.99%
 CNC Centene Corp 127.25 +26.14% +39.64%
 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 114.19 +26.07% +34.21%
 LLY Eli Lilly and Company 106.39 +25.96% +26.41%
 TGT Target Corp 81.94 +25.58% +32.14%
 UAL United Continental Holdings 84.63 +25.56% +41.17%
 MRK Merck & Company 70.40 +25.11% +13.57%
 MSFT Microsoft Corp 106.96 +25.04% +35.80%
 NRG NRG Energy 35.56 +24.86% +43.56%
 COP Conocophillips 68.48 +24.76% +33.07%
 UAA Under Armour 17.98 +24.60% +9.77%
 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 140.14 +24.34% +35.57%
 UA Under Armour Inc Class C Comm 16.55 +24.25% +12.97%
 ZTS Zoetis Inc Class A 88.85 +23.33% +39.39%
 RMD Resmed Inc 104.10 +22.92% +32.43%