best large cap stock this month

Applied Opt (AAOI) has had the highest return this month by a large-cap US stock, returning 72.5%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Applied Opt (AAOI)
August 2026
72.48%
Sandisk (SNDK)
August 2026
54.06%
Everpure (P)
August 2026
52.99%
Atlassian (TEAM)
August 2026
50.7%
CoreWeave, Inc Class A Common Stock (CRWV)
August 2026
50.24%
Nebius (NBIS)
August 2026
46.05%
Sitime (SITM)
August 2026
44.25%
Fabrinet (FN)
August 2026
43.42%
MP Materials (MP)
August 2026
42.62%
Onto Innovation (ONTO)
August 2026
41.47%
Lumentum (LITE)
August 2026
41.31%
Credo Technology (CRDO)
August 2026
40.32%
Entegris (ENTG)
August 2026
39.56%
Unity Software (U)
August 2026
39.52%
Coherent (COHR)
August 2026
37.81%
SpaceX (SPCX)
August 2026
37.43%
Super Micro Computer (SMCI)
August 2026
36.71%
FormFactor (FORM)
August 2026
36.36%
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
August 2026
36.19%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS)
August 2026
35.82%
MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI)
August 2026
35.8%
Rubrik (RBRK)
August 2026
35.65%
Semtech (SMTC)
August 2026
35.02%
Hecla Mining (HL)
August 2026
35.01%
IAMGold (IAG)
August 2026
34.82%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.