50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of November 9,  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 116.19%, Abiomed Inc stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Adv Micro Devices stock and Tripadvisor Inc stock  with returns of 104.57% and 83.69%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date (YtD) Return  1 Year Return
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 405.17 +116.19% +107.21%
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 21.03 +104.57% +89.12%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 63.30 +83.69% +100.57%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 171.18 +71.71% +112.78%
 FTNT Fortinet Inc 74.73 +71.05% +89.24%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 490.76 +69.80% +78.46%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 143.95 +63.88% +81.27%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 303.47 +58.09% +56.51%
 UAA Under Armour 22.75 +57.66% +89.43%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 38.60 +55.71% +35.01%
 UA Under Armour Inc Class C Comm 20.74 +55.71% +88.72%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 81.97 +51.15% +99.10%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 329.25 +50.69% +57.08%
 M Macy’s Inc 37.78 +49.98% +93.74%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 81.66 +47.61% +76.37%
 MKC Mccormick & Company Inc 150.40 +47.58% +57.47%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 354.74 +47.48% +68.05%
 DISCA Discovery Comm A 32.98 +47.36% +92.08%
 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 1,712.43 +46.43% +51.66%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 532.56 +45.93% +36.55%
 TJX TJX Companies 55.64 +45.54% +60.69%
 RHT Red Hat Inc 173.75 +44.67% +40.69%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 129.65 +43.51% +41.52%
 AES The Aes Corp 15.52 +43.31% +50.68%
 MOS Mosaic Company 36.63 +42.75% +62.80%
 TWTR Twitter Inc 34.08 +41.94% +71.26%
 CNC Centene Corp 142.31 +41.07% +52.56%
 INTU Intuit Inc 222.17 +40.81% +45.77%
 DISCK Discovery Comm Inc 29.71 +40.34% +84.53%
 VRSN Verisign Inc 160.10 +39.90% +46.32%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 47.71 +39.83% +69.61%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 244.84 +39.72% +34.59%
 FFIV F5 Networks Inc 183.24 +39.64% +51.49%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 48.16 +39.47% +67.80%
 JWN Nordstrom 65.46 +38.16% +63.53%
 ULTA Ulta Salon Cosmetic 308.12 +37.76% +54.69%
 UAL United Continental Holdings 92.35 +37.02% +58.16%
 HUM Humana Inc 338.95 +36.63% +36.97%
 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 153.18 +35.91% +46.19%
 WCG Wellcare Group 273.32 +35.91% +36.21%
 MA Mastercard Inc 205.62 +35.85% +37.73%
 NRG NRG Energy 38.28 +34.41% +37.60%
 CRM Salesforce.com Inc 136.92 +33.93% +32.16%
 TGT Target Corp 86.94 +33.24% +45.14%
 MRK Merck & Company 74.86 +33.04% +33.18%
 LLY Eli Lilly and Company 112.21 +32.86% +33.60%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 207.17 +32.48% +37.94%
 ZTS Zoetis Inc Class A 95.27 +32.25% +37.47%
 ESRX Express Scripts 98.48 +31.94% +62.11%
 ROL Rollins Inc 61.37 +31.89% +37.23%