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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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50.0% of the Russell 2000 was positive in 2024:

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