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 Jun 24, 2026
+0.00% Avg Daily Change
$152.75 Avg Share Price
$2.45 – $1,963.60 Price Range
$12.70T 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 SNDK Sandisk Corp $1,963.60 +4,796.8% $40.10 $2,191.69 323.54B
2 AXTI Axt Inc $84.57 +4,598.3% $1.80 $143.16 5.53B
3 TCGL Techcreate Group Ltd-A $172.84 +4,275.7% $3.95 $355.00 3.53B
4 BW Babcock & Wilcox Enterpr $17.38 +1,892.0% $0.87 $22.03 2.59B
5 RXT Rackspace Technology Inc $7.04 +1,691.3% $0.39 $8.60 1.80B
6 BE Bloom Energy Corp- A $321.98 +1,438.4% $20.93 $329.51 93.56B
7 AGL Agilon Health Inc $113.80 +1,421.4% $7.48 $118.25 1.90B
8 TERN Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc $52.95 +1,391.5% $3.55 $53.19 6.12B
9 ERAS Erasca Inc $15.07 +1,145.5% $1.21 $24.28 4.25B
10 WDC Western Digital Corp $670.75 +1,046.0% $58.53 $799.87 257.21B
11 KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc $37.60 +996.2% $3.43 $47.84 2.26B
12 AEHR Aehr Test Systems $115.30 +958.8% $10.89 $126.62 3.63B
13 WLMIY Wilmar International $28.38 +920.9% $2.78 $4.02 24.03B
14 MU Micron Technology Inc $1,051.77 +917.4% $103.38 $1,149.43 1.28T
15 GLTO Galecto Inc $23.89 +874.9% $2.45 $38.33 1.73B
16 LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc $827.92 +856.3% $86.58 $1,085.68 66.13B
17 SGAPY Singapore Airlines Limited $33.46 +811.7% $3.67 $5.27 79.84B
18 ALMS Alumis Inc $24.51 +788.0% $2.76 $30.60 2.98B
19 AAOI Applied Optoelectronics Inc $147.44 +772.4% $16.90 $233.67 12.99B
20 WULF Terawulf Inc $28.78 +746.5% $3.40 $29.67 14.36B
21 RAPT Rapt Therapeutics Inc $58.02 +743.3% $6.88 $58.02 1.68B
22 CIFR Cipher Mining Inc $27.64 +740.1% $3.29 $30.01 11.94B
23 OPEN Opendoor Technologies Inc $4.20 +726.8% $0.51 $10.87 4.31B
24 PRAX Praxis Precision Medicines I $305.37 +721.1% $37.19 $366.52 7.87B
25 VICR Vicor Corp $336.12 +704.9% $41.76 $361.89 15.10B
26 TE T1 Energy Inc $9.24 +703.5% $1.15 $12.49 2.61B
27 CELC Celcuity Inc $90.21 +700.1% $11.28 $151.02 4.28B
28 STX Seagate Technology Holdings $1,038.59 +697.0% $130.32 $1,145.00 239.98B
29 HYMC Hycroft Mining Holding Co-A $23.14 +689.8% $2.93 $58.73 2.38B
30 HUT Hut 8 Corp $120.51 +689.7% $15.26 $140.80 14.01B
31 MAAS Maase Inc-A $18.90 +684.2% $2.41 $20.89 8.36B
32 ORKA Oruka Therapeutics Inc $83.40 +674.4% $10.77 $91.00 4.36B
33 NKTR Nektar Therapeutics $60.98 +637.4% $8.27 $109.00 2.06B
34 LWLG Lightwave Logic Inc $8.71 +631.9% $1.19 $18.71 1.51B
35 TSEM Tower Semiconductor Ltd $282.65 +626.6% $38.90 $302.86 32.05B
36 VTYX Ventyx Biosciences Inc $14.00 +617.9% $1.95 $25.00 1.00B
37 INTC Intel Corp $132.28 +597.3% $18.97 $135.48 673.43B
38 ICHR Ichor Holdings Ltd $91.38 +596.5% $13.12 $99.60 3.44B
39 CAPR Capricor Therapeutics Inc $29.83 +593.7% $4.30 $40.37 1.64B
40 SYRE Spyre Therapeutics Inc $97.05 +593.2% $14.00 $90.99 7.67B
41 INBX Inhibrx Biosciences Inc $93.05 +566.1% $13.97 $155.29 1.37B
42 DFTX Definium Therapeutics Inc $42.22 +565.4% $6.35 $26.25 2.67B
43 MXL Maxlinear Inc $84.59 +564.5% $12.73 $106.28 7.95B
44 FCEL Fuelcell Energy Inc $24.04 +536.0% $3.78 $27.69 1.63B
45 CIEN Ciena Corp $459.85 +528.0% $73.23 $637.51 60.62B
46 ONDS Ondas Inc $8.53 +527.2% $1.36 $15.28 4.79B
47 NBIS Nebius Group Nv $275.25 +527.1% $43.89 $298.80 72.15B
48 LQDA Liquidia Corp $74.04 +524.8% $11.85 $73.22 6.32B
49 HYLN Hyliion Holdings Corp $8.10 +520.7% $1.31 $8.49 1.44B
50 DOCN Digitalocean Holdings Inc $157.18 +514.9% $25.56 $187.50 18.08B
51 BFLY Butterfly Network Inc $8.03 +508.3% $1.32 $8.94 2.33B
52 BITF Bitfarms Ltd/Canada $5.96 +508.2% $0.98 $9.27 5.03B
53 TNGX Tango Therapeutics Inc $27.97 +508.0% $4.60 $34.39 4.55B
54 TTMI Ttm Technologies $213.17 +500.1% $35.52 $217.94 22.48B
55 PL Planet Labs Pbc $28.53 +482.2% $4.90 $51.76 10.06B
56 SLS Sellas Life Sciences Group I $8.05 +479.1% $1.39 $9.51 1.50B
57 UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings Inc $111.63 +472.2% $19.51 $123.37 5.44B
58 IREN Iren Ltd $54.72 +468.0% $9.63 $76.87 21.40B
59 QURE Uniqure Nv $49.04 +461.7% $8.73 $71.50 2.89B
60 PVLA Palvella Therapeutics Inc $113.10 +459.9% $20.20 $151.18 1.62B
61 ARWR Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals In $79.90 +458.7% $14.30 $84.55 11.52B
62 VPG Vishay Precision Group $141.34 +454.5% $25.49 $148.39 1.88B
63 VSH Vishay Intertechnology Inc $64.90 +451.4% $11.77 $69.47 8.83B
64 FORM Formfactor Inc $142.79 +447.5% $26.08 $159.09 11.66B
65 VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc $49.97 +444.3% $9.18 $60.43 11.64B
66 UOLGY UOL Group Limited $30.09 +444.1% $5.53 $11.48 8.64B
67 RLAY Relay Therapeutics Inc $15.88 +432.9% $2.98 $17.47 3.46B
68 DNTH Dianthus Therapeutics Inc $87.53 +426.0% $16.64 $96.50 4.51B
69 COGT Cogent Biosciences Inc $36.31 +424.7% $6.92 $43.73 5.90B
70 ANAB Anaptysbio Inc $59.66 +423.3% $11.40 $72.36 1.67B
71 VSAT Viasat Inc $63.88 +415.2% $12.40 $89.79 8.76B
72 POWL Powell Industries Inc $291.50 +414.1% $56.70 $328.00 10.83B
73 GLUE Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc $20.70 +402.4% $4.12 $25.77 1.55B
74 APLD Applied Digital Corp $45.27 +401.9% $9.02 $50.73 13.31B
75 DBSDY DBS Group Holdings Ltd $205.60 +401.7% $40.98 $60.00 162.83B
76 AIP Arteris Inc $40.52 +400.2% $8.10 $44.94 2.04B
77 TER Teradyne Inc $420.12 +398.7% $84.24 $440.75 68.55B
78 RVMD Revolution Medicines Inc $169.51 +398.6% $34.00 $166.50 34.65B
79 PACS Pacs Group Inc $37.37 +398.3% $7.50 $43.08 5.79B
80 COHR Coherent Corp $381.22 +389.7% $77.84 $440.00 76.22B
81 AXGN Axogen Inc $44.82 +386.1% $9.22 $45.83 2.38B
82 CRML Critical Metals Corp $10.15 +383.3% $2.10 $32.15 1.24B
83 ALAB Astera Labs Inc $397.02 +368.3% $84.78 $421.20 71.49B
84 VSCO Victoria'S Secret & Co $80.57 +359.6% $17.53 $82.96 5.90B
85 MBX Mbx Biosciences Inc $43.03 +356.3% $9.43 $45.85 2.05B
86 MRVL Marvell Technology Inc $279.04 +354.2% $61.44 $329.88 271.70B
87 MKSI Mks Inc $389.17 +339.8% $88.49 $408.87 27.45B
88 FBYD Falcon'S Beyond Global Inc-A $16.26 +338.3% $3.71 $29.02 1.99B
89 AMKR Amkor Technology Inc $86.72 +338.2% $19.79 $96.68 22.42B
90 SKYT Skywater Technology Inc $36.57 +337.9% $8.35 $39.93 1.80B
91 NESR National Energy Services Reu $24.54 +333.6% $5.66 $27.69 2.47B
92 ACMR Acm Research Inc-Class A $99.12 +330.4% $23.03 $110.18 7.59B
93 SATS Echostar Corp-A $103.92 +330.3% $24.15 $147.25 31.64B
94 LAR Lithium Argentina Ag $8.17 +328.9% $1.91 $12.05 1.49B
95 BAND Bandwidth Inc-Class A $53.44 +327.5% $12.50 $75.98 1.65B
96 ATEX Anterix Inc $74.53 +323.9% $17.58 $88.12 1.40B
97 LRCX Lam Research Corp $371.33 +323.2% $87.75 $401.00 486.52B
98 RHLD Resolute Holdings Manag $122.15 +322.4% $28.92 $236.19 1.06B
99 PENG Penguin Solutions Inc $67.15 +318.6% $16.04 $73.24 3.41B
100 SPHR Sphere Entertainment Co $158.20 +317.5% $37.89 $160.36 5.63B

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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