Health Care stocks YTD
Year-to-date returns for all 60 S&P 500 health care stocks · Updated September 20, 2026
Sector avg YTD+17.73%
Median YTD+14.56%
Best: MRNAModerna +422.35%
Worst: BSXBoston Scientific -54.55%
Stocks tracked60
S&P 500 index YTD+11.76%
vs S&P 500outperforming by 5.97 pp
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Price | YTD Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moderna | MRNA | $154.04 | +422.35% |
| 2 | Illumina, Inc. | ILMN | $239.62 | +82.69% |
| 3 | DaVita | DVA | $183.86 | +61.83% |
| 4 | Centene Corporation | CNC | $65.11 | +58.23% |
| 5 | Humana | HUM | $386.22 | +51.91% |
| 6 | Revvity | RVTY | $143.45 | +48.57% |
| 7 | Quest Diagnostics | DGX | $246.45 | +43.88% |
| 8 | Merck & Co. | MRK | $146.87 | +42.41% |
| 9 | Charles River Laboratories | CRL | $278.06 | +39.39% |
| 10 | Viatris | VTRS | $16.95 | +39.35% |
| 11 | Dexcom | DXCM | $89.35 | +34.62% |
| 12 | Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | $269.99 | +32.56% |
| 13 | West Pharmaceutical Services | WST | $362.31 | +31.99% |
| 14 | Labcorp | LH | $320.71 | +28.78% |
| 15 | Incyte | INCY | $125.31 | +26.87% |
| 16 | Gilead Sciences | GILD | $150.11 | +24.50% |
| 17 | Bio-Techne | TECH | $72.37 | +23.59% |
| 18 | Biogen | BIIB | $215.50 | +22.45% |
| 19 | Becton Dickinson | BDX | $180.94 | +20.90% |
| 20 | Bristol Myers Squibb | BMY | $63.06 | +20.86% |
| 21 | Amgen | AMGN | $385.65 | +20.23% |
| 22 | Baxter International | BAX | $22.80 | +19.48% |
| 23 | Elevance Health | ELV | $410.95 | +18.95% |
| 24 | AbbVie | ABBV | $263.96 | +18.26% |
| 25 | IQVIA | IQV | $266.42 | +18.19% |
| 26 | Pfizer | PFE | $27.66 | +16.82% |
| 27 | Veeva Systems | VEEV | $260.21 | +16.57% |
| 28 | UnitedHealth Group | UNH | $376.90 | +16.43% |
| 29 | Agilent Technologies | A | $156.47 | +15.68% |
| 30 | CVS Health | CVS | $88.84 | +14.56% |
| 31 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $651.45 | +12.74% |
| 32 | Henry Schein | HSIC | $84.84 | +12.25% |
| 33 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | VRTX | $508.34 | +12.13% |
| 34 | Solventum | SOLV | $88.84 | +12.12% |
| 35 | Waters Corporation | WAT | $421.63 | +11.00% |
| 36 | Cardinal Health | CAH | $225.38 | +10.45% |
| 37 | Lilly (Eli) | LLY | $1,152.93 | +7.80% |
| 38 | McKesson Corporation | MCK | $874.65 | +6.95% |
| 39 | Zimmer Biomet | ZBH | $95.36 | +6.62% |
| 40 | Edwards Lifesciences | EW | $88.26 | +3.53% |
| 41 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | REGN | $784.85 | +2.08% |
| 42 | Cigna | CI | $275.28 | +1.71% |
| 43 | Mettler Toledo | MTD | $1,392.32 | -0.13% |
| 44 | Medtronic | MDT | $92.13 | -2.44% |
| 45 | Align Technology | ALGN | $147.61 | -5.47% |
| 46 | ResMed| | RMD | $224.99 | -5.83% |
| 47 | Danaher Corporation | DHR | $211.81 | -7.08% |
| 48 | HCA Healthcare | HCA | $427.71 | -7.90% |
| 49 | Cencora | COR | $308.78 | -8.03% |
| 50 | Abbott Laboratories | ABT | $102.61 | -16.58% |
| 51 | Steris | STE | $205.04 | -18.43% |
| 52 | Universal Health Services | UHS | $176.69 | -18.67% |
| 53 | Stryker Corporation | SYK | $275.12 | -21.30% |
| 54 | GE HealthCare | GEHC | $64.13 | -21.70% |
| 55 | Idexx Laboratories | IDXX | $511.65 | -24.37% |
| 56 | Intuitive Surgical | ISRG | $393.33 | -30.55% |
| 57 | Cooper Companies (The) | COO | $55.29 | -32.54% |
| 58 | Zoetis | ZTS | $71.40 | -42.36% |
| 59 | Insulet Corporation | PODD | $140.60 | -50.53% |
| 60 | Boston Scientific | BSX | $43.34 | -54.55% |
Sector averages are equal-weighted across S&P 500 constituents with usable price data. Stocks without a usable December 31, 2025 baseline are excluded. Data: Yahoo Finance; sector assignments: Wikipedia GICS sectors.
Health Care is averaging +17.73% year-to-date in 2026 across 60 S&P 500 stocks, with a median return of +14.56%. The sector's best performer is Moderna (MRNA) at +422.35%, and the weakest is Boston Scientific (BSX) at -54.55%, as of September 20, 2026.
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