2026 year in review
The full review arrives in January 2027. Here's the live top 10 until then
Coming January 2027. The full 2026 year-in-review (the year's biggest winners and losers, sector scores, and quarter-by-quarter story) publishes here once the final trading day of 2026 closes. Below is the live top-10 snapshot, refreshed daily until then.
Live top 10: best stocks of 2026 YTD (as of November 06, 2026)
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Price | YTD return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moderna | MRNA | $254.19 | +761.95% |
| 2 | Sandisk | SNDK | $835.06 | +251.78% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | DELL | $328.53 | +163.37% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | MU | $690.00 | +141.90% |
| 5 | Marathon Petroleum | MPC | $372.74 | +131.86% |
| 6 | Valero Energy | VLO | $346.45 | +115.97% |
| 7 | Advanced Micro Devices | AMD | $449.04 | +109.68% |
| 8 | Bloom Energy | BE | $173.24 | +99.38% |
| 9 | Okta, Inc. | OKTA | $168.69 | +95.09% |
| 10 | Phillips 66 | PSX | $245.72 | +94.41% |
New in 2026
No new-in-2026 S&P 500 additions with price history yet. The 2026 S&P 500 additions (FDXF and HONA, both 2026 spin-offs) have no December 31, 2025 price, so they cannot be measured on a genuine year-to-date basis, and are excluded rather than ranked on invented data. When a 2026 addition with a full price history appears, it will be listed here.
YTD measured from the December 31, 2025 close (markets were closed January 1, 2026), adjusted for splits and dividends; source: Yahoo Finance.
← Full S&P 500 YTD leaderboardFor informational purposes only, not financial advice.
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