Best Performing Stocks

Stocks that have climbed the most from their 52-week low. The year's biggest winners — momentum that's already proven itself.

200 stocks Updated Aug 8, 2026
+0.00% Avg Daily Change
$117.69 Avg Share Price
$2.48 – $1,733.05 Price Range
$10.69T Total Market Cap

The best performing stocks are companies that have delivered the largest gains from their 52-week low, representing proven momentum over a sustained period. Unlike daily gainers that may spike on a single headline, these stocks have built a track record of consistent upward movement over months, driven by strong fundamentals, earnings beats, or sector-wide tailwinds.

Momentum investing — buying stocks that have already demonstrated strong price performance — is one of the most well-documented factors in finance. Academic research shows that stocks with high relative strength tend to continue outperforming over the following 3-12 months before eventually reverting. The key risk is buying at the tail end of a run when most of the upside has already been captured.

This list ranks stocks by their percentage gain from the 52-week low, filtered to companies with at least $1 billion in market cap. All data including current prices, 52-week ranges, and market caps is updated throughout the trading day. Only stocks that have risen at least 50% from their 52-week low are included.

# Symbol Name Price 52W Return 52W Low 52W High Market Cap
1 AXTI Axt Inc $88.58 +4,419.4% $1.96 $143.16 5.57B
2 MGRT Mega Fortune Co Ltd $95.52 +3,497.7% $2.66 $170.00 1.31B
3 SNDK Sandisk Corp $1,212.21 +2,890.9% $40.53 $2,354.39 179.52B
4 WOLF Wolfspeed Inc $32.87 +2,733.6% $1.16 $80.82 1.43B
5 ERAS Erasca Inc $18.41 +1,284.2% $1.33 $24.28 6.39B
6 AGL Agilon Health Inc $95.51 +1,176.9% $7.48 $133.04 1.60B
7 GLTO Galecto Inc $30.83 +1,158.4% $2.45 $38.33 1.73B
8 RXT Rackspace Technology Inc $4.90 +1,146.8% $0.39 $8.60 1.24B
9 WLMIY Wilmar International $30.64 +1,002.2% $2.78 $4.02 24.03B
10 TERN Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc $52.95 +891.6% $5.34 $53.19 6.12B
11 PRAX Praxis Precision Medicines I $360.76 +870.0% $37.19 $382.54 10.06B
12 ANRO Alto Neuroscience Inc $28.67 +855.7% $3.00 $29.49 1.11B
13 SGAPY Singapore Airlines Limited $33.52 +813.4% $3.67 $5.27 79.84B
14 SLS Sellas Life Sciences Group I $12.01 +764.0% $1.39 $15.88 2.22B
15 FBRX Forte Biosciences Inc $76.79 +743.8% $9.10 $77.20 1.57B
16 MU Micron Technology Inc $877.57 +722.1% $106.75 $1,255.00 985.62B
17 BW Babcock & Wilcox Enterpr $9.37 +721.9% $1.14 $22.03 1.39B
18 LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc $890.17 +721.6% $108.34 $1,085.68 69.08B
19 REPL Replimune Group Inc $12.06 +704.0% $1.50 $13.90 1.01B
20 HYMC Hycroft Mining Holding Co-A $26.54 +694.6% $3.34 $58.73 2.47B
21 ORKA Oruka Therapeutics Inc $98.82 +669.6% $12.84 $99.80 5.99B
22 ALMS Alumis Inc $27.60 +634.0% $3.76 $31.35 3.54B
23 AAOI Applied Optoelectronics Inc $135.63 +633.1% $18.50 $233.67 9.97B
24 SYRE Spyre Therapeutics Inc $104.91 +623.3% $14.51 $108.14 9.25B
25 MBX Mbx Biosciences Inc $67.82 +604.3% $9.63 $72.64 3.19B
26 BFLY Butterfly Network Inc $8.83 +568.9% $1.32 $9.69 2.25B
27 RAPT Rapt Therapeutics Inc $58.02 +563.1% $8.75 $58.02 1.68B
28 MAAS Maase Inc-A $18.75 +557.9% $2.85 $24.90 8.36B
29 RLAY Relay Therapeutics Inc $19.77 +553.6% $3.03 $20.79 4.31B
30 PACS Pacs Group Inc $48.44 +545.9% $7.50 $49.49 7.39B
31 AEHR Aehr Test Systems $103.07 +529.2% $16.38 $126.62 3.28B
32 VTYX Ventyx Biosciences Inc $14.00 +520.8% $2.26 $25.00 1.00B
33 EVC Entravision Communications-A $11.97 +513.8% $1.95 $13.74 1.06B
34 KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc $45.37 +513.1% $7.40 $47.84 2.84B
35 BE Bloom Energy Corp- A $219.34 +511.8% $35.85 $351.28 64.47B
36 RVMD Revolution Medicines Inc $205.15 +503.4% $34.00 $203.00 43.85B
37 DNTH Dianthus Therapeutics Inc $108.92 +502.4% $18.08 $114.55 6.05B
38 WDC Western Digital Corp $434.30 +493.8% $73.14 $799.87 155.63B
39 MXL Maxlinear Inc $74.98 +487.2% $12.77 $128.30 6.84B
40 ARWR Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals In $87.65 +483.9% $15.01 $95.49 12.29B
41 DBSDY DBS Group Holdings Ltd $233.85 +470.6% $40.98 $60.00 162.83B
42 ATEX Anterix Inc $99.26 +464.6% $17.58 $113.00 1.91B
43 STX Seagate Technology Holdings $812.76 +461.5% $144.75 $1,145.00 184.21B
44 TSEM Tower Semiconductor Ltd $252.49 +454.8% $45.51 $319.94 28.69B
45 UOLGY UOL Group Limited $30.67 +454.6% $5.53 $11.48 8.64B
46 FCEL Fuelcell Energy Inc $20.43 +440.5% $3.78 $37.88 1.58B
47 QURE Uniqure Nv $46.42 +431.7% $8.73 $71.50 3.15B
48 DFTX Definium Therapeutics Inc $46.14 +430.3% $8.70 $49.20 6.06B
49 APPS Digital Turbine Inc $14.34 +423.4% $2.74 $14.37 1.73B
50 INTC Intel Corp $101.65 +418.6% $19.60 $142.35 511.36B
51 ANAB Anaptysbio Inc $56.61 +396.6% $11.40 $72.36 1.67B
52 TWST Twist Bioscience Corp $115.67 +396.4% $23.30 $115.56 7.30B
53 ICHR Ichor Holdings Ltd $68.32 +396.2% $13.77 $113.58 2.46B
54 VICR Vicor Corp $221.20 +391.9% $44.97 $382.65 10.43B
55 CIEN Ciena Corp $412.39 +388.6% $84.41 $637.51 59.17B
56 VSCO Victoria'S Secret & Co $93.52 +388.4% $19.15 $94.34 5.90B
57 TE T1 Energy Inc $5.85 +387.5% $1.20 $12.49 1.63B
58 LQDA Liquidia Corp $90.22 +374.3% $19.02 $91.57 8.02B
59 HUT Hut 8 Corp $88.59 +374.3% $18.68 $140.80 11.17B
60 TXG 10X Genomics Inc-Class A $52.03 +366.2% $11.16 $50.34 6.44B
61 COHR Coherent Corp $379.13 +349.5% $84.35 $440.00 74.84B
62 NESR National Energy Services Reu $29.02 +345.1% $6.52 $30.31 2.94B
63 DRTS Alpha Tau Medical Ltd $13.14 +338.0% $3.00 $14.11 1.19B
64 TNGX Tango Therapeutics Inc $27.07 +336.3% $6.21 $34.39 4.41B
65 FORM Formfactor Inc $117.39 +334.8% $27.00 $160.27 9.21B
66 INBX Inhibrx Biosciences Inc $88.66 +331.4% $20.55 $155.29 1.26B
67 DOCN Digitalocean Holdings Inc $124.15 +331.2% $28.79 $187.50 14.60B
68 PGEN Precigen Inc $7.23 +325.3% $1.70 $7.23 2.60B
69 PVLA Palvella Therapeutics Inc $157.77 +322.6% $37.33 $161.38 2.27B
70 SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co $159.54 +321.1% $37.89 $174.60 5.73B
71 BLZE Backblaze Inc-A $13.72 +320.7% $3.26 $23.99 1.16B
72 CDNA Caredx Inc $46.69 +314.7% $11.26 $49.76 2.32B
73 DELL Dell Technologies -C $453.77 +311.7% $110.22 $485.70 293.76B
74 ELVN Enliven Therapeutics Inc $60.46 +308.9% $14.79 $62.32 4.43B
75 COGT Cogent Biosciences Inc $42.39 +308.4% $10.38 $43.73 7.24B
76 LWLG Lightwave Logic Inc $8.11 +307.5% $1.99 $18.71 1.25B
77 UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings Inc $87.25 +306.0% $21.49 $144.22 3.95B
78 BAND Bandwidth Inc-Class A $49.96 +299.7% $12.50 $79.08 1.66B
79 ABSI Absci Corp $8.93 +298.7% $2.24 $12.06 1.51B
80 VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc $39.14 +294.6% $9.92 $60.43 10.38B
81 TVTX Travere Therapeutics Inc $61.32 +293.1% $15.60 $66.24 5.78B
82 APGE Apogee Therapeutics Inc $134.84 +292.7% $34.34 $134.58 10.17B
83 PL Planet Labs Pbc $23.93 +292.3% $6.10 $51.76 8.53B
84 IBRX Immunitybio Inc $7.64 +291.8% $1.95 $12.43 7.93B
85 SITM Sitime Corp $725.28 +286.7% $187.56 $901.81 19.09B
86 CORT Corcept Therapeutics Inc $110.77 +286.5% $28.66 $122.21 11.84B
87 GH Guardant Health Inc $168.48 +285.9% $43.66 $176.58 22.66B
88 GLUE Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc $15.88 +285.4% $4.12 $25.77 1.34B
89 DAWN Day One Biopharmaceuticals I $21.53 +282.1% $5.64 $21.53 2.22B
90 SKYT Skywater Technology Inc $32.46 +278.7% $8.57 $39.93 1.60B
91 VSAT Viasat Inc $80.38 +277.7% $21.28 $93.03 11.29B
92 CIFR Cipher Mining Inc $17.18 +277.6% $4.55 $30.14 7.13B
93 TOP Top Financial Group Ltd A $11.34 +270.6% $3.06 $16.65 1.40B
94 ACGBY Agricultural Bank of China $18.87 +269.3% $5.11 $8.68 2.40T
95 PSNL Personalis Inc $14.16 +268.8% $3.84 $16.39 1.51B
96 TER Teradyne Inc $379.31 +267.1% $103.33 $487.91 58.54B
97 SEPN Septerna Inc $38.83 +265.8% $10.62 $40.63 1.78B
98 WULF Terawulf Inc $17.08 +265.7% $4.67 $29.84 8.73B
99 PENG Penguin Solutions Inc $58.43 +264.3% $16.04 $89.86 3.02B
100 VOR Vor Biopharma Inc $23.67 +264.2% $6.50 $50.20 1.27B

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes a stock a top performer?
Top-performing stocks are typically driven by a combination of strong earnings growth, revenue acceleration, positive analyst revisions, and favorable sector trends. Companies that consistently beat earnings estimates by wide margins tend to see their stock prices appreciate steadily. Other drivers include new product launches, market share gains, margin expansion, and inclusion in major indices that force passive funds to buy. Macroeconomic tailwinds — like falling interest rates for growth stocks or rising commodity prices for energy — also play a significant role.
Should I buy stocks that have already gone up a lot?
Research supports buying momentum stocks, but with caveats. The momentum factor has been profitable across markets and time periods — stocks that outperformed over the past 6-12 months tend to continue outperforming. However, momentum stocks are vulnerable to sharp reversals when sentiment shifts or when they become overvalued relative to fundamentals. The safest approach is combining momentum with valuation discipline — buying strong performers that still trade at reasonable multiples relative to their growth rates.
What is the difference between momentum and value investing?
Momentum investing buys stocks with strong recent price performance, betting that trends persist. Value investing buys stocks trading below their intrinsic worth, betting the market will eventually recognize the gap. The two styles tend to alternate in leadership — momentum dominates in strong bull markets and trending sectors, while value outperforms during market rotations and recoveries from downturns. Many professional portfolios blend both factors for diversification across market regimes.
How long do stock rallies typically last?
Individual stock rallies vary widely, but research suggests that momentum persists for 3-12 months on average before fading. Stocks driven by fundamental improvements (earnings, revenue) tend to sustain gains longer than those driven by speculation or short squeezes. The strongest rallies occur when a company transitions from negative to positive earnings growth, enters a new market, or benefits from a structural industry shift. Beyond 12 months, stocks with extreme gains often experience mean reversion as valuations stretch too far.
What sectors produce the most top performers?
Technology and healthcare consistently produce the highest percentage of top-performing stocks due to their capacity for rapid growth and innovation cycles. In bull markets, consumer discretionary and communication services also feature prominently. During commodity booms, energy and materials stocks dominate the leaderboard. The key insight is that sector leadership rotates — the sectors producing the best performers in one year are rarely the same sectors leading the following year.
What is relative strength in stocks?
Relative strength (RS) measures a stock's price performance compared to a benchmark, typically the S&P 500. A stock with an RS rating of 90 means it has outperformed 90% of all stocks over a given period. High relative strength indicates persistent buying pressure and institutional accumulation. Many momentum-based strategies use RS as a primary screening criterion — buying stocks in the top 10-20% of relative strength and selling when they fall below the top 50%.
How to manage risk with high-performing stocks?
Risk management is critical because momentum stocks can reverse sharply. Use a trailing stop-loss of 15-25% to protect gains while allowing normal volatility. Position sizing matters — limit any single stock to 3-5% of your portfolio regardless of conviction. Take partial profits at predetermined levels rather than waiting for the perfect exit. Diversify across multiple momentum names in different sectors so that a reversal in one stock doesn't devastate your portfolio. Watch for deteriorating fundamentals as an early warning that momentum may fade.

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