Best stocks of April 2026
The month's leaders by monthly return · Final standings
From the March 31, 2026 close to the April 30, 2026 close, Intel (INTC) gained +114.09% — the best April 2026 run in the S&P 500. These are the month's final standings.
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Price | Month return | YTD at month end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intel | INTC | $94.48 | +114.09% | +156.04% |
| 2 | Bloom Energy | BE | $283.36 | +109.14% | +226.11% |
| 3 | Advanced Micro Devices | AMD | $354.49 | +74.26% | +65.53% |
| 4 | Sandisk | SNDK | $1,096.51 | +72.59% | +361.92% |
| 5 | Seagate Technology | STX | $672.62 | +71.95% | +144.84% |
| 6 | Marvell Technology | MRVL | $165.11 | +66.81% | +94.58% |
| 7 | Centene Corporation | CNC | $53.69 | +63.99% | +30.47% |
| 8 | ON Semiconductor | ON | $100.81 | +62.81% | +86.17% |
| 9 | Western Digital | WDC | $434.27 | +60.64% | +152.35% |
| 10 | Micron Technology | MU | $517.08 | +53.08% | +81.27% |
| 11 | NXP Semiconductors | NXPI | $291.29 | +49.13% | +35.96% |
| 12 | Monolithic Power Systems | MPWR | $1,611.95 | +47.66% | +78.48% |
| 13 | Texas Instruments | TXN | $278.23 | +44.78% | +63.07% |
| 14 | Microchip Technology | MCHP | $91.89 | +43.80% | +46.66% |
| 15 | Arista Networks | ANET | $172.71 | +40.67% | +31.81% |
| 16 | Flex Ltd. | FLEX | $91.55 | +39.86% | +51.52% |
| 17 | Qualcomm | QCOM | $177.95 | +39.45% | +5.66% |
| 18 | UnitedHealth Group | UNH | $366.12 | +36.91% | +13.10% |
| 19 | Humana | HUM | $235.88 | +36.36% | -7.22% |
| 20 | Ciena | CIEN | $527.58 | +35.89% | +125.59% |
| 21 | Broadcom | AVGO | $416.01 | +34.87% | +20.64% |
| 22 | Coherent Corp. | COHR | $319.71 | +34.21% | +73.22% |
| 23 | Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | GOOGL | $384.32 | +33.82% | +23.02% |
| 24 | Comfort Systems USA | FIX | $1,838.58 | +33.45% | +97.28% |
| 25 | Nucor | NUE | $224.74 | +33.23% | +38.59% |
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.
April 2026 return measured from the last close before the 1st to the last close of the month across S&P 500 constituents with usable monthly price data. Stocks without a genuine pre-month price (e.g. 2026 spin-offs) are excluded; prices adjusted for splits and dividends. Source: Yahoo Finance.
← Full S&P 500 YTD leaderboardFor informational purposes only — not financial advice.