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 Sep 22, 2026
+0.00%
Avg Daily Change
$125.31
Avg Share Price
$2.70 – $1,887.04
Price Range
$14.38T
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 | MGRT | Mega Fortune Co Ltd | $117.61 | +3,061.6% | $3.72 | $170.00 | 1.61B |
| 2 | WOLF | Wolfspeed Inc | $25.59 | +2,032.5% | $1.20 | $80.82 | 1.37B |
| 3 | SNDK | Sandisk Corp | $1,887.04 | +1,991.6% | $90.22 | $2,354.39 | 233.67B |
| 4 | AXTI | Axt Inc | $70.03 | +1,717.1% | $3.85 | $143.16 | 4.44B |
| 5 | AGL | Agilon Health Inc | $86.51 | +1,056.6% | $7.48 | $133.04 | 1.46B |
| 6 | WLMIY | Wilmar International | $28.50 | +925.2% | $2.78 | $4.02 | 24.03B |
| 7 | ERAS | Erasca Inc | $15.55 | +842.4% | $1.65 | $24.28 | 5.68B |
| 8 | SGAPY | Singapore Airlines Limited | $33.90 | +823.7% | $3.67 | $5.27 | 79.84B |
| 9 | REPL | Replimune Group Inc | $13.07 | +771.3% | $1.50 | $16.33 | 1.21B |
| 10 | ANRO | Alto Neuroscience Inc | $30.76 | +756.8% | $3.59 | $37.48 | 1.21B |
| 11 | GLTO | Galecto Inc | $22.85 | +738.8% | $2.72 | $38.33 | 1.73B |
| 12 | SLS | Sellas Life Sciences Group I | $11.49 | +726.6% | $1.39 | $15.88 | 2.33B |
| 13 | MRNA | Moderna Inc | $182.56 | +719.4% | $22.28 | $176.66 | 63.11B |
| 14 | TERN | Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc | $52.95 | +658.1% | $6.99 | $53.19 | 6.12B |
| 15 | FBRX | Forte Biosciences Inc | $76.99 | +656.3% | $10.18 | $77.20 | 1.63B |
| 16 | PRAX | Praxis Precision Medicines I | $300.65 | +619.7% | $41.78 | $392.70 | 8.52B |
| 17 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | $1,096.16 | +608.8% | $154.65 | $1,255.00 | 1.10T |
| 18 | TWST | Twist Bioscience Corp | $164.60 | +606.4% | $23.30 | $163.70 | 9.42B |
| 19 | TXG | 10X Genomics Inc-Class A | $76.60 | +586.4% | $11.16 | $79.94 | 10.03B |
| 20 | LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc | $945.67 | +554.4% | $144.52 | $1,085.68 | 80.16B |
| 21 | MBX | Mbx Biosciences Inc | $62.91 | +552.6% | $9.64 | $72.64 | 3.03B |
| 22 | ORKA | Oruka Therapeutics Inc | $94.96 | +537.7% | $14.89 | $115.52 | 6.29B |
| 23 | MXL | Maxlinear Inc | $81.12 | +535.2% | $12.77 | $128.30 | 6.80B |
| 24 | SYRE | Spyre Therapeutics Inc | $92.03 | +534.5% | $14.51 | $110.18 | 8.17B |
| 25 | VTYX | Ventyx Biosciences Inc | $14.00 | +520.8% | $2.26 | $25.00 | 1.00B |
| 26 | BFLY | Butterfly Network Inc | $9.93 | +520.6% | $1.60 | $10.05 | 2.16B |
| 27 | DBSDY | DBS Group Holdings Ltd | $243.11 | +493.2% | $40.98 | $60.00 | 162.83B |
| 28 | IOVA | Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc | $10.29 | +484.7% | $1.76 | $10.98 | 4.54B |
| 29 | AAOI | Applied Optoelectronics Inc | $107.00 | +478.4% | $18.50 | $233.67 | 8.54B |
| 30 | VICR | Vicor Corp | $268.34 | +464.2% | $47.56 | $382.65 | 9.98B |
| 31 | MAAS | Maase Inc-A | $15.86 | +456.5% | $2.85 | $24.90 | 7.16B |
| 32 | AEHR | Aehr Test Systems | $100.60 | +438.0% | $18.70 | $147.40 | 2.96B |
| 33 | OMER | Omeros Corp | $21.05 | +434.3% | $3.94 | $19.65 | 1.29B |
| 34 | INTC | Intel Corp | $123.86 | +406.6% | $24.45 | $142.35 | 534.16B |
| 35 | QURE | Uniqure Nv | $44.00 | +404.0% | $8.73 | $71.50 | 3.06B |
| 36 | TOP | Top Financial Group Ltd A | $15.40 | +403.3% | $3.06 | $17.42 | 1.96B |
| 37 | DELL | Dell Technologies -C | $548.92 | +398.0% | $110.22 | $593.98 | 374.11B |
| 38 | ABSI | Absci Corp | $10.86 | +384.8% | $2.24 | $12.06 | 1.64B |
| 39 | UOLGY | UOL Group Limited | $26.79 | +384.4% | $5.53 | $11.48 | 8.64B |
| 40 | IBRX | Immunitybio Inc | $9.29 | +376.4% | $1.95 | $12.43 | 8.63B |
| 41 | PURR | Hyperliquid Strategies | $14.09 | +368.1% | $3.01 | $14.14 | 3.03B |
| 42 | ABCL | Abcellera Biologics Inc | $12.82 | +367.0% | $2.75 | $13.18 | 3.78B |
| 43 | WDC | Western Digital Corp | $464.60 | +365.9% | $99.72 | $799.87 | 161.23B |
| 44 | BAND | Bandwidth Inc-Class A | $58.13 | +365.0% | $12.50 | $79.08 | 1.63B |
| 45 | CYCN | Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc | $33.21 | +361.9% | $7.19 | $59.36 | 1.45B |
| 46 | RLAY | Relay Therapeutics Inc | $18.70 | +361.7% | $4.05 | $21.27 | 4.21B |
| 47 | RVMD | Revolution Medicines Inc | $192.86 | +357.2% | $42.18 | $224.31 | 42.21B |
| 48 | BE | Bloom Energy Corp- A | $276.53 | +350.6% | $61.37 | $351.28 | 82.69B |
| 49 | STX | Seagate Technology Holdings | $919.84 | +346.0% | $206.26 | $1,145.00 | 185.10B |
| 50 | DRTS | Alpha Tau Medical Ltd | $15.24 | +344.3% | $3.43 | $15.79 | 1.37B |
| 51 | DFTX | Definium Therapeutics Inc | $38.81 | +342.4% | $8.77 | $49.70 | 5.09B |
| 52 | ATEX | Anterix Inc | $76.99 | +337.9% | $17.58 | $113.00 | 1.52B |
| 53 | DOCN | Digitalocean Holdings Inc | $146.00 | +333.4% | $33.69 | $187.50 | 13.86B |
| 54 | ANAB | Anaptysbio Inc | $55.85 | +330.3% | $12.98 | $72.36 | 1.63B |
| 55 | PLSE | Pulse Biosciences Inc | $53.04 | +322.3% | $12.56 | $58.90 | 3.54B |
| 56 | ASST | Strive Inc-A | $29.35 | +318.1% | $7.02 | $120.00 | 2.88B |
| 57 | INBX | Inhibrx Biosciences Inc | $109.35 | +317.5% | $26.19 | $155.29 | 1.61B |
| 58 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | $623.77 | +316.3% | $149.85 | $584.73 | 836.64B |
| 59 | CORT | Corcept Therapeutics Inc | $117.51 | +310.0% | $28.66 | $126.38 | 11.92B |
| 60 | ACGBY | Agricultural Bank of China | $20.75 | +306.1% | $5.11 | $8.68 | 2.40T |
| 61 | PACS | Pacs Group Inc | $41.53 | +302.8% | $10.31 | $49.49 | 6.67B |
| 62 | FORM | Formfactor Inc | $126.01 | +300.9% | $31.43 | $160.27 | 8.71B |
| 63 | HYMC | Hycroft Mining Holding Co-A | $22.69 | +298.8% | $5.69 | $58.73 | 2.00B |
| 64 | ETON | Eton Pharmaceuticals Inc | $56.60 | +296.6% | $14.27 | $66.37 | 1.63B |
| 65 | ICHR | Ichor Holdings Ltd | $55.27 | +293.1% | $14.06 | $113.58 | 1.98B |
| 66 | CDNA | Caredx Inc | $54.46 | +290.4% | $13.95 | $55.16 | 2.81B |
| 67 | APPS | Digital Turbine Inc | $10.66 | +289.1% | $2.74 | $15.34 | 1.30B |
| 68 | MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | $262.36 | +283.8% | $68.36 | $329.88 | 208.78B |
| 69 | APGE | Apogee Therapeutics Inc | $135.07 | +281.7% | $35.39 | $135.09 | 10.22B |
| 70 | CGEM | Cullinan Therapeutics Inc | $21.36 | +276.1% | $5.68 | $23.19 | 1.35B |
| 71 | BACHY | Bank of China Limited | $19.25 | +275.2% | $5.13 | $6.39 | 1.72T |
| 72 | ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | $363.46 | +271.3% | $97.89 | $499.48 | 52.61B |
| 73 | MANE | Veradermics Inc | $118.59 | +270.6% | $32.00 | $80.90 | 2.77B |
| 74 | RAPT | Rapt Therapeutics Inc | $58.02 | +266.8% | $15.82 | $58.02 | 1.68B |
| 75 | TSEM | Tower Semiconductor Ltd | $236.61 | +265.0% | $64.83 | $319.94 | 24.74B |
| 76 | KOD | Kodiak Sciences Inc | $33.07 | +263.4% | $9.10 | $47.84 | 2.06B |
| 77 | FSLY | Fastly Inc - Class A | $27.82 | +259.7% | $7.74 | $34.82 | 3.91B |
| 78 | TH | Target Hospitality Corp | $21.45 | +259.3% | $5.97 | $20.85 | 1.85B |
| 79 | VSTS | Vestis Corp | $14.43 | +259.0% | $4.02 | $16.90 | 1.71B |
| 80 | TER | Teradyne Inc | $398.69 | +253.4% | $112.81 | $487.91 | 55.21B |
| 81 | ARM | Arm Holdings plc | $333.20 | +249.6% | $95.32 | $183.16 | 169.22B |
| 82 | CLMT | Calumet Inc | $59.00 | +238.7% | $17.42 | $59.30 | 5.19B |
| 83 | TEAM | Atlassian Corp-Cl A | $188.65 | +236.8% | $56.01 | $198.60 | 48.94B |
| 84 | HUT | Hut 8 Corp | $106.61 | +236.6% | $31.67 | $140.80 | 12.17B |
| 85 | PENG | Penguin Solutions Inc | $53.30 | +232.3% | $16.04 | $89.86 | 2.69B |
| 86 | PSNL | Personalis Inc | $16.40 | +231.0% | $4.96 | $18.89 | 1.73B |
| 87 | ELVN | Enliven Therapeutics Inc | $48.72 | +229.5% | $14.79 | $62.32 | 3.68B |
| 88 | VOR | Vor Biopharma Inc | $21.40 | +229.2% | $6.50 | $49.95 | 1.32B |
| 89 | UCTT | Ultra Clean Holdings Inc | $70.64 | +228.7% | $21.49 | $144.22 | 3.11B |
| 90 | NESR | National Energy Services Reu | $32.58 | +228.4% | $9.92 | $36.94 | 3.28B |
| 91 | VSCO | Victoria'S Secret & Co | $81.63 | +225.3% | $25.09 | $102.46 | 5.90B |
| 92 | TNGX | Tango Therapeutics Inc | $21.75 | +225.1% | $6.69 | $34.39 | 3.96B |
| 93 | KOS | Kosmos Energy Ltd | $2.73 | +225.0% | $0.84 | $3.34 | 1.69B |
| 94 | LQDA | Liquidia Corp | $68.64 | +224.5% | $21.15 | $93.61 | 5.85B |
| 95 | CBC | Central Bancompany | $31.69 | +223.4% | $9.80 | $33.82 | 7.53B |
| 96 | DAWN | Day One Biopharmaceuticals I | $21.53 | +223.0% | $6.67 | $21.53 | 2.22B |
| 97 | UMAC | Unusual Machines Inc /Us | $23.37 | +222.6% | $7.25 | $34.93 | 1.16B |
| 98 | EWTX | Edgewise Therapeutics Inc | $44.51 | +221.4% | $13.85 | $48.51 | 5.00B |
| 99 | NBIS | Nebius Group Nv | $236.12 | +221.2% | $73.52 | $299.86 | 59.75B |
| 100 | GH | Guardant Health Inc | $177.16 | +219.9% | $55.38 | $183.51 | 24.57B |
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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