50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of August 21  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 98.44%, Adv Micro Devices stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Abiomed Inc stock and Chipotle Mexican Grill with returns of 94.29% and 79.53%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date Return  1 Year Return
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 20.40 +98.44% +69.29%
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 364.12 +94.29% +137.49%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 518.90 +79.53% +68.15%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 338.02 +76.09% +102.70%
 XL XL Company Switzerland Gmbh 57.08 +62.34% +30.32%
 AMZN Amazon.Com Inc 1,883.42 +61.05% +97.57%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 160.15 +60.65% +68.24%
 ALGN Align Technology I 355.89 +60.17% +111.86%
 GWW W.W. Grainger 369.15 +56.25% +133.03%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 53.84 +56.24% +33.00%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 242.52 +55.08% +61.24%
 M Macy’s Inc 38.24 +51.81% +95.80%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 331.44 +51.70% +73.82%
 UAA Under Armour 21.65 +50.03% +30.50%
 UA Under Armour Inc Class C Comm 19.86 +49.10% +31.09%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 130.61 +48.69% +66.89%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 81.90 +48.05% +110.27%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 80.20 +47.89% +114.78%
 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 132.85 +46.67% +73.89%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 529.05 +44.97% +61.51%
 CPRT Copart Inc 62.47 +44.64% +95.83%
 CTL Centurylink 23.98 +43.76% +24.90%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 251.50 +43.52% +68.50%
 CNC Centene Corp 143.80 +42.55% +70.66%
 CRM Salesforce.Com Inc 145.53 +42.36% +58.60%
 SIVB Svb Financial Grp 328.73 +40.62% +99.42%
 TWTR Twitter Inc 33.69 +40.32% +109.12%
 FFIV F5 Networks Inc 183.67 +39.97% +58.19%
 RHI Robert Half International Inc 77.48 +39.50% +77.87%
 TJX TJX Companies 106.46 +39.24% +48.98%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 34.49 +39.13% +28.26%
 HFC Hollyfrontier Corp 71.26 +39.13% +158.84%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 124.49 +37.80% +42.76%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 329.97 +37.18% +66.82%
 MSCI MSCI Inc 173.54 +37.14% +57.31%
 CTAS Cintas Corp 211.94 +36.01% +58.32%
 CSX CSX Corp 74.69 +35.78% +53.37%
 RL Ralph Lauren Corp 139.41 +34.45% +64.20%
 MA Mastercard Inc 203.09 +34.18% +53.93%
 HES Hess Corp 63.40 +33.56% +66.45%
 VRSN Verisign Inc 152.46 +33.22% +54.06%
 NKE Nike Inc 82.95 +32.61% +54.73%
 INTU Intuit Inc 209.01 +32.47% +53.79%
 DISCA Discovery Comm A 29.55 +32.04% +32.27%
 FLIR Flir Systems Inc 61.38 +31.66% +64.25%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 44.84 +31.42% +66.75%
 HUM Humana Inc 325.97 +31.40% +30.72%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 45.37 +31.39% +65.77%
 CA CA Inc 43.70 +31.31% +34.21%
 TDG Transdigm Group Inc 359.91 +31.06% +32.60%