The Best Performing Stocks of 2024
Earlier this month, we hosted a conversation with Josh Brown on trends shaping 2025 and a year end strategy session with Charlie Bilello, Chief Market Strategist at Creative Planning.
In the spirit of year-end recaps and closing out 2024, this post covers the best-performing stocks of 2024 within each of five major indices:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average
- Nasdaq-100
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
- Russell 2000
Each section also contains a scatter plot visualizing the “2024 winners and losers” for that index. All data is through December 31st, 2024. (Market cap data is through January 6th, 2024)
Best-Performing Dow Jones Industrial Average Stocks in 2024
These are the top-performing stocks in 2024 out of the 30 screened companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average:
| Symbol | Name | YTD Price Returns | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 171.20% | $3.433T |
| WMT | Walmart Inc | 71.90% | $729.43B |
| AXP | American Express Co | 58.40% | $212.83B |
| GS | The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 48.40% | $182.11B |
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 44.40% | $2.336T |
| MMM | 3M Co | 41.20% | $72.29B |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 40.90% | $684.69B |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp | 34.40% | $207.07B |
| AAPL | Apple Inc | 30.10% | $3.662T |
| CRM | Salesforce Inc | 27.10% | $310.98B |
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73.3% of the Dow Jones Industrial Average was positive in 2024:
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Best-Performing NASDAQ-100 Stocks in 2024
These are the top-performing stocks in 2024 out of the 101 screened companies in the NASDAQ-100:
| Symbol | Name | YTD Price Returns | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| APP | AppLovin Corp | 713.2% | $110.75B |
| MSTR | MicroStrategy Inc | 358.5% | $76.84B |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 340.5% | $159.48B |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 171.2% | $3.433T |
| AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | 130.1% | $42.86B |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 107.7% | $1.071T |
| CEG | Constellation Energy Corp | 91.4% | $79.93B |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | 83.1% | $100.55B |
| NFLX | Netflix Inc | 83.1% | $375.94B |
| DASH | DoorDash Inc | 69.6% | $70.62B |
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61.4% of the NASDAQ was positive in 2024:
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Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2024
These are the top-performing stocks in 2024 out of the 501 screened companies in the S&P 500:
| Symbol | Name | YTD Price Returns | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 340.5% | $159.48B |
| VST | Vistra Corp | 257.9% | $55.58B |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 171.2% | $3.433T |
| UAL | United Airlines Holdings Inc | 135.3% | $33.30B |
| AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | 130.1% | $42.86B |
| TPL | Texas Pacific Land Corp | 111.0% | $28.90B |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 107.7% | $1.071T |
| TRGP | Targa Resources Corp | 105.5% | $40.95B |
| HWM | Howmet Aerospace Inc | 102.1% | $45.35B |
| CEG | Constellation Energy Corp | 91.4% | $79.93B |
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66.3% of the S&P 500 was positive in 2024:
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Best-Performing Russell 1000 Stocks in 2024
These are the top-performing stocks in 2024 out of the 994 screened companies in the Russell 1000:
| Symbol | Name | YTD Price Returns | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| APP | AppLovin Corp | 713.2% | $110.75B |
| MSTR | MicroStrategy Inc | 358.5% | $76.84B |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 340.5% | $159.48B |
| CVNA | Carvana Co | 284.1% | $25.51B |
| VST | Vistra Corp | 257.9% | $55.58B |
| HOOD | Robinhood Markets Inc | 192.5% | $35.86B |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 171.2% | $3.433T |
| CAVA | Cava Group Inc | 162.4% | $12.93B |
| NTRA | Natera Inc | 152.7% | $22.49B |
| SPOT | Spotify Technology SA | 138.1% | $93.71B |
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62.2% of the Russell 1000 was positive in 2024:
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Best-Performing Russell 2000 Stocks in 2024
These are the top-performing stocks in 2024 out of the 1,908 screened companies in the Russell 2000:
| Symbol | Name | YTD Price Returns | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| WGS | GeneDx Holdings Corp | 2.69K% | $2.661B |
| RGTI | Rigetti Computing Inc | 1.45K% | $3.534B |
| SEZL | Sezzle Inc | 1.15K% | $1.430B |
| DAVE | Dave Inc | 936.6% | $1.092B |
| QBTS | D-Wave Quantum Inc | 854.4% | $2.140B |
| SOUN | SoundHound AI Inc | 835.8% | $6.646B |
| LUNR | Intuitive Machines Inc | 610.8% | $1.606B |
| ROOT | Root Inc | 592.7% | $1.180B |
| SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc | 583.7% | $13.38B |
| CADL | Candel Therapeutics Inc | 490.5% | $371.59M |
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50.0% of the Russell 2000 was positive in 2024:
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