best performing large cap stocks 2026

Sandisk (SNDK) has had the highest return this year by a large-cap US stock, returning 465.9%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Sandisk (SNDK)
2026
465.88%
Applied Opt (AAOI)
2026
460.1%
Bloom Energy (BE)
2026
235%
DigitalOcean (DOCN)
2026
225.66%
Intel (INTC)
2026
206.94%
Viavi Solutions (VIAV)
2026
194.24%
Sterling Construction (STRL)
2026
187.31%
Seagate Technology (STX)
2026
185.9%
Western Digital (WDC)
2026
176.18%
Powell Industries (POWL)
2026
175.11%
Lumentum (LITE)
2026
164.07%
Micron Technology (MU)
2026
163.05%
Vicor (VICR)
2026
160.67%
Nebius (NBIS)
2026
154.24%
TTM Technologies (TTMI)
2026
145.99%
Ciena (CIEN)
2026
145.46%
Corning (GLW)
2026
134.7%
STMicroelectronics NV ADR (STM)
2026
134.61%
Argan (AGX)
2026
134.17%
Flex (FLEX)
2026
133.72%
Tower Semiconductor (TSEM)
2026
132.96%
Hut 8 Corp Common Stock (HUT)
2026
128.57%
Sitime (SITM)
2026
124.36%
Vertiv (VRT)
2026
122.06%
FormFactor (FORM)
2026
121.24%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.