best performing sandp 500 stocks august 2026

Coherent (COHR) has had the highest return this month by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 28.8%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Coherent (COHR)
August 2026
28.78%
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
August 2026
25.04%
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)
August 2026
24.32%
Lumentum (LITE)
August 2026
20.51%
Gartner (IT)
August 2026
19.84%
Vertiv (VRT)
August 2026
17.28%
Marvell Technology (MRVL)
August 2026
16.9%
Sandisk (SNDK)
August 2026
16.44%
Dell Technologies (DELL)
August 2026
16.35%
Corning (GLW)
August 2026
16.17%
Intel (INTC)
August 2026
14.32%
Micron Technology (MU)
August 2026
13.59%
Arista Networks (ANET)
August 2026
13.12%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
August 2026
12.02%
Ciena (CIEN)
August 2026
12.01%
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX)
August 2026
11.79%
Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
August 2026
11.76%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
August 2026
11.6%
Generac (GNRC)
August 2026
11.34%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
August 2026
11.27%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
August 2026
11.15%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
August 2026
10.89%
Flex (FLEX)
August 2026
10.86%
Builders FirstSource (BLDR)
August 2026
10.76%
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
August 2026
10.02%