50 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2018

In the following table, as of October 19,  you can see 50 stocks that have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2018. With a return of 130.16%, Adv Micro Devices stock has the highest return in 2018. It is followed by Abiomed Inc stock and Netflix stock  with returns of 93.38% and 73.30%, respectively.

Stock Company Last Price Year to Date Return  1 Year Return
 AMD Adv Micro Devices 23.66 +130.16% +69.61%
 ABMD Abiomed Inc 362.42 +93.38% +110.45%
 NFLX Netflix Inc 332.67 +73.30% +70.49%
 AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc 164.33 +64.84% +89.06%
 WCG Wellcare Group 308.74 +53.52% +74.19%
 HCA Hca Holdings Inc 133.71 +52.22% +67.58%
 AMZN Amazon.com Inc 1,764.03 +50.84% +78.80%
 DISCA Discovery Comm A 33.40 +49.24% +66.25%
 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 428.54 +48.27% +31.75%
 BSX Boston Scientific Corp 36.54 +47.40% +23.57%
 ILMN Illumina Inc 313.10 +43.30% +52.60%
 DISCK Discovery Comm Inc 30.21 +42.70% +59.25%
 CNC Centene Corp 142.78 +41.53% +50.77%
 ORLY O’Reilly Automotive 339.87 +41.29% +62.38%
 ALGN Align Technology I 312.79 +40.78% +58.90%
 TJX TJX Companies 107.26 +40.28% +50.20%
 NTAP Netapp Inc 77.57 +40.22% +75.26%
 ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 245.03 +39.83% +42.68%
 IDXX Idexx Laboratories 218.40 +39.66% +35.17%
 AES The Aes Corp 14.98 +38.32% +32.68%
 ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 504.26 +38.18% +41.07%
 MKC Mccormick & Company Inc 140.65 +38.01% +41.54%
 CRM Salesforce.com Inc 140.49 +37.43% +44.55%
 MSI Motorola Solutions 123.36 +36.55% +37.60%
 TRIP Tripadvisor Inc 46.60 +35.23% +15.12%
 MA Mastercard Inc 203.06 +34.16% +40.06%
 HES Hess Corp 63.56 +33.90% +41.09%
 INTU Intuit Inc 211.10 +33.79% +43.98%
 FOX 21st Centry Fox Class B 45.53 +33.44% +70.52%
 FOXA 21st Centry Fox Class A 45.84 +32.75% +67.48%
 LLY Eli Lilly and Company 111.92 +32.51% +29.60%
 HUM Humana Inc 328.38 +32.37% +35.31%
 CA CA Inc 43.96 +32.09% +29.56%
 COP Conocophillips 72.49 +32.06% +45.83%
 CTL Centurylink 21.99 +31.83% +18.93%
 KSS Kohl’s Corp 71.26 +31.40% +62.47%
 UAL United Continental Holdings 87.43 +29.72% +46.25%
 IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc 126.89 +29.61% +24.62%
 AAPL Apple Inc 219.31 +29.59% +40.60%
 NRG NRG Energy 36.82 +29.28% +44.17%
 MOS Mosaic Company 33.16 +29.23% +57.16%
 BR Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 116.96 +29.12% +39.79%
 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 145.42 +29.02% +29.80%
 MRK Merck & Company 72.35 +28.58% +13.49%
 M Macy’s Inc 32.34 +28.38% +60.18%
 ESRX Express Scripts 95.30 +27.68% +62.21%
 ADSK Autodesk Inc 133.18 +27.04% +11.64%
 MSFT Microsoft Corp 108.66 +27.03% +39.47%
 ZTS Zoetis Inc Class A 91.47 +26.97% +39.48%
 FE Firstenergy Corp 38.85 +26.88% +20.28%