best sandp 500 stocks august 2026

Moderna (MRNA) has had the highest return this month by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 172.5%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Moderna (MRNA)
August 2026
172.48%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
August 2026
40.82%
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
August 2026
40.09%
Lumentum (LITE)
August 2026
36.96%
Marvell Technology (MRVL)
August 2026
35.78%
Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock (PSKY)
August 2026
34.25%
Super Micro Computer (SMCI)
August 2026
33.54%
Sandisk (SNDK)
August 2026
29.27%
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX)
August 2026
27.28%
Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
August 2026
26.49%
Coinbase Global (COIN)
August 2026
26.1%
Robinhood Markets (HOOD)
August 2026
25.21%
Gartner (IT)
August 2026
24.05%
Estee Lauder Companies (EL)
August 2026
23.02%
Airbnb  (ABNB)
August 2026
22.65%
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)
August 2026
21.24%
Micron Technology (MU)
August 2026
19.33%
Fox Corp Class B (FOX)
August 2026
18.87%
DoorDash, Inc Class A Common Stock (DASH)
August 2026
18.2%
Merck (MRK)
August 2026
17.89%
Fox Corp Class A (FOXA)
August 2026
17.47%
Leidos (LDOS)
August 2026
16.77%
Marathon Petroleum (MPC)
August 2026
16.76%
Dell Technologies (DELL)
August 2026
16.63%
Veeva Systems Inc Class A (VEEV)
August 2026
16.63%