50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of October 12,  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 156.23%, Adv Micro Devices stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Abiomed Inc stock and Netflix stock  with returns of 105.31% and 76.89%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date (YtD) Return  1 Year Return
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 26.34 +156.23% +85.49%
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 384.78 +105.31% +122.42%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 339.56 +76.89% +73.37%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 165.12 +65.63% +90.76%
 WCG Wellcare Group 307.77 +53.04% +82.86%
 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 1,788.61 +52.94% +78.69%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 133.86 +52.39% +80.36%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 435.71 +50.75% +38.69%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 36.99 +49.21% +25.69%
 ALGN Align Technology I 327.50 +47.40% +70.24%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 321.69 +47.23% +54.48%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 532.02 +45.78% +46.75%
 CRM Salesforce.com Inc 146.74 +43.54% +51.68%
 TJX TJX Companies 109.44 +43.13% +52.47%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 222.42 +42.23% +37.50%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 248.87 +42.02% +62.01%
 DISCA Discovery Comm A 31.76 +41.91% +64.73%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 339.54 +41.16% +64.02%
 CNC Centene Corp 140.82 +39.59% +50.32%
 HES Hess Corp 66.16 +39.37% +49.68%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 76.92 +39.05% +77.15%
 DISCK Discovery Comm Inc 29.05 +37.22% +59.35%
 AES The Aes Corp 14.65 +35.27% +30.57%
 MA Mastercard Inc 204.22 +34.92% +39.17%
 COP Conocophillips 73.83 +34.51% +48.22%
 INTU Intuit Inc 211.82 +34.25% +45.22%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 72.65 +33.97% +71.67%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 120.24 +33.10% +33.90%
 M Macy’s Inc 33.38 +32.51% +64.92%
 GWW W.W. Grainger 311.54 +31.87% +75.47%
 ADSK Autodesk Inc 138.18 +31.81% +16.13%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 44.94 +31.71% +76.30%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 45.35 +31.60% +14.72%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 45.36 +31.36% +73.53%
 CA CA Inc 43.70 +31.31% +28.83%
 AAPL Apple Inc 222.11 +31.25% +42.38%
 LLY Eli Lilly and Company 110.48 +30.81% +27.83%
 MKC Mccormick & Company Inc 132.82 +30.33% +34.13%
 JWN Nordstrom 61.49 +29.78% +44.38%
 HFC Hollyfrontier Corp 66.47 +29.77% +83.01%
 TGT Target Corp 84.61 +29.67% +40.57%
 UA Under Armour Inc Class C Comm 17.27 +29.65% +13.47%
 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 117.35 +29.55% +42.74%
 UAA Under Armour 18.67 +29.38% +12.81%
 HUM Humana Inc 318.35 +28.33% +31.85%
 MOS Mosaic Company 32.89 +28.18% +54.92%
 MSFT Microsoft Corp 109.57 +28.09% +42.08%
 FFIV F5 Networks Inc 167.73 +27.82% +44.98%
 NRG NRG Energy 36.37 +27.70% +41.63%
 CSX CSX Corp 70.20 +27.61% +31.02%