Best stocks of May 2026
The month's leaders by monthly return · Final standings
From the April 30, 2026 close to the May 29, 2026 close, Dell Technologies (DELL) gained +101.44% — the best May 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 | Dell Technologies | DELL | $420.22 | +101.44% | +236.88% |
| 2 | Micron Technology | MU | $970.85 | +87.76% | +240.35% |
| 3 | Datadog | DDOG | $247.35 | +87.12% | +81.89% |
| 4 | Supermicro | SMCI | $46.09 | +68.21% | +57.46% |
| 5 | Flex Ltd. | FLEX | $150.78 | +64.70% | +149.55% |
| 6 | CrowdStrike | CRWD | $182.75 | +63.99% | +55.94% |
| 7 | Fortinet | FTNT | $137.97 | +63.65% | +73.74% |
| 8 | NetApp | NTAP | $173.76 | +57.35% | +64.38% |
| 9 | Palo Alto Networks | PANW | $281.69 | +57.09% | +52.93% |
| 10 | Sandisk | SNDK | $1,694.98 | +54.58% | +614.04% |
| 11 | First Solar | FSLR | $306.79 | +51.96% | +17.44% |
| 12 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE | $42.81 | +49.63% | +80.36% |
| 13 | Ford Motor Company | F | $17.25 | +46.19% | +36.04% |
| 14 | Advanced Micro Devices | AMD | $516.10 | +45.59% | +140.99% |
| 15 | Akamai Technologies | AKAM | $149.54 | +45.21% | +71.39% |
| 16 | ServiceNow | NOW | $124.37 | +40.83% | -18.81% |
| 17 | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | $225.00 | +39.90% | +16.55% |
| 18 | Qualcomm | QCOM | $248.74 | +39.78% | +47.69% |
| 19 | AppLovin | APP | $613.09 | +37.36% | -9.01% |
| 20 | Gen Digital | GEN | $25.68 | +34.45% | -4.12% |
| 21 | Cisco | CSCO | $119.97 | +31.60% | +58.02% |
| 22 | Seagate Technology | STX | $878.47 | +30.60% | +219.78% |
| 23 | IBM | IBM | $295.68 | +29.88% | +1.85% |
| 24 | HP Inc. | HPQ | $26.46 | +29.64% | +23.34% |
| 25 | Robinhood Markets | HOOD | $94.30 | +29.37% | -16.62% |
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.
May 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.