best performing stocks in the sandp 500 last month

Moderna (MRNA) had the highest return last month by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 155.5%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Moderna (MRNA)
August 2026
155.51%
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
August 2026
47.1%
Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock (PSKY)
August 2026
36.37%
Salesforce (CRM)
August 2026
36.27%
Veeva Systems Inc Class A (VEEV)
August 2026
36.05%
Sandisk (SNDK)
August 2026
35.08%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
August 2026
34.9%
Lumentum (LITE)
August 2026
33.42%
Super Micro Computer (SMCI)
August 2026
33.14%
Coinbase Global (COIN)
August 2026
30.5%
ServiceNow (NOW)
August 2026
29.24%
Gartner (IT)
August 2026
27.36%
Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
August 2026
23.55%
Schlumberger (SLB)
August 2026
22.6%
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX)
August 2026
22.02%
Micron Technology (MU)
August 2026
21.92%
Robinhood Markets (HOOD)
August 2026
20.91%
Marathon Petroleum (MPC)
August 2026
20.32%
Estee Lauder Companies (EL)
August 2026
20.2%
Airbnb  (ABNB)
August 2026
19.49%
Leidos (LDOS)
August 2026
19.14%
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)
August 2026
19.12%
Workday (WDAY)
August 2026
19.06%
Crowdstrike (CRWD)
August 2026
19.05%
Phillips 66 (PSX)
August 2026
18.52%