50 Top Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2021 as of August 24
The following 50 stocks have the best performances in S&P 500 Index in 2021 as of August 24. With a return of 278.04%, Moderna Inc stock has the highest return in 2021. It is followed by Nucor Corp stock and Bath & Body Works Inc stock with returns of 131.72% and 127.44%, respectively.
| STOCK | COMPANY | YEAR TO DATE (YTD) RETURN | 1 YEAR RETURN |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRNA | Moderna Inc | +278.04% | +508.72% |
| NUE | Nucor Corp | +131.72% | +167.82% |
| BBWI | Bath & Body Works Inc | +127.44% | +185.46% |
| FTNT | Fortinet Inc | +101.87% | +125.34% |
| IT | Gartner Inc | +87.88% | +128.61% |
| GNRC | Generac Holdings Inc | +84.20% | +122.67% |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corp | +80.46% | +164.66% |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corp | +74.06% | +113.03% |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp | +72.03% | +152.45% |
| CRL | Charles River Laboratories Intl | +71.10% | +98.46% |
| NVDA | Nvidia Corp | +66.93% | +71.33% |
| RHI | Robert Half International Inc | +64.50% | +82.92% |
| WAT | Waters Corp | +62.59% | +87.08% |
| GOOG | Alphabet Cl C | +62.57% | +79.32% |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Cl A | +61.20% | +78.23% |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | +60.24% | +97.47% |
| JCI | Johnson Controls Intl | +60.16% | +82.04% |
| IPG | Interpublic Group of Companies | +57.40% | +101.96% |
| WST | West Pharmaceutical Services | +57.38% | +65.34% |
| LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | +55.63% | +75.74% |
| SPG | Simon Property Group | +55.44% | +93.52% |
| ALB | Albemarle Corp | +55.37% | +149.18% |
| IRM | Iron Mountain Inc | +55.26% | +50.86% |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group | +54.93% | +97.05% |
| EXR | Extra Space Storage Inc | +53.46% | +67.36% |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy | +53.31% | +85.27% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | +52.31% | +106.21% |
| HCA | Hca Holdings Inc | +51.70% | +85.65% |
| ZBRA | Zebra Technologies | +50.58% | +110.14% |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | +50.43% | +96.85% |
| TXT | Textron Inc | +50.24% | +84.81% |
| CARR | Carrier Global Corp | +50.08% | +86.34% |
| CDW | CDW Corp | +49.44% | +75.39% |
| F | Ford Motor Company | +48.81% | +87.39% |
| LH | Laboratory Corp of America Holdings | +48.42% | +68.71% |
| PNR | Pentair Ltd | +48.39% | +69.60% |
| URI | United Rentals | +48.29% | +94.33% |
| CBRE | CBRE Group Inc | +48.10% | +97.60% |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment Communities | +47.03% | +61.01% |
| SIVB | Svb Financial Group | +46.55% | +127.94% |
| ODFL | Old Dominion Freight Line Inc | +46.29% | +43.61% |
| INTU | Intuit Inc | +45.85% | +66.31% |
| LKQ | LKQ Corp | +45.74% | +62.27% |
| EBAY | Ebay Inc | +44.96% | +23.92% |
| GRMN | Garmin Ltd | +44.94% | +67.34% |
| SYF | Synchrony Financial | +44.66% | +98.85% |
| DHR | Danaher Corp | +44.35% | +55.99% |
| MHK | Mohawk Industries | +44.25% | +117.43% |
| KIM | Kimco Realty Corp | +44.10% | +82.53% |
| KR | Kroger Company | +44.05% | +26.87% |

