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 September 21, 2026)
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Price | YTD return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandisk | SNDK | $1,766.64 | +644.22% |
| 2 | Moderna | MRNA | $172.94 | +486.44% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | DELL | $575.50 | +361.36% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | MU | $1,043.96 | +265.99% |
| 5 | Intel | INTC | $121.78 | +230.03% |
| 6 | Seagate Technology | STX | $877.33 | +219.36% |
| 7 | Bloom Energy | BE | $272.73 | +213.88% |
| 8 | Marvell Technology | MRVL | $257.38 | +203.32% |
| 9 | Advanced Micro Devices | AMD | $615.52 | +187.41% |
| 10 | Western Digital | WDC | $448.17 | +160.43% |
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.