The Best Performing S&P 500 Stock is Already up 104% in 2025

If you want to see where the real money is being made this year, you need to look past the mega-caps. Wall Street is now betting on a broader roster of high-growth businesses outside of the Magnificent Seven, which have dominated the headlines for around three years.

Times are changing as many mid-cap stocks are maturing into mega-caps and are delivering massive gains in the meantime. Even if you never buy the chart-topper itself, understanding what propelled it to a 104% gain will sharpen your eye for the next company with similar ingredients.

In this slideshow, MyInvestingNews is looking into the top 20 S&P 500 performers year-to-date, the top one being up 104%.

• Price: $35.34
• Year-to-date return: +45.75%
• Market capitalization: $11.19 billion
• Industry: Agriculture

• Price: $101.81
• Year-to-date return: +47.28%
• Market capitalization: $123.19 billion
• Industry: Hardware

• Price: $109.64
• Year-to-date return: +47.36%
• Market capitalization: $24.12 billion
• Industry: Retail - Defensive

• Price: $247.69
• Year-to-date return: +49.38%
• Market capitalization: $693.53 billion
• Industry: Software

• Price: $940.28
• Year-to-date return: +49.82%
• Market capitalization: $124.26 billion
• Industry: Semiconductors

• Price: $90.48
• Year-to-date return: +49.96%
• Market capitalization: $189.16 billion
• Industry: Software

• Price: $67.56
• Year-to-date return: +50.29%
• Market capitalization: $23.57 billion
• Industry: Hardware

• Price: $178.66
• Year-to-date return: +50.94%
• Market capitalization: $278.18 billion
• Industry: Tobacco Products

• Price: $346.66
• Year-to-date return: +51.53%
• Market capitalization: $94.33 billion
• Industry: Travel & Leisure

• Price: $222.70
• Year-to-date return: +54.69%
• Market capitalization: $23.87 billion
• Industry: Hardware

• Price: $57.60
• Year-to-date return: +56.42%
• Market capitalization: $64.11 billion
• Industry: Metals & Mining

• Price: $260.95
• Year-to-date return: +57.52%
• Market capitalization: $279.24 billion
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense

• Price: $102.18
• Year-to-date return: +57.67%
• Market capitalization: $21.21 billion
• Industry: Retail - Cyclical

• Price: $147.03
• Year-to-date return: +64.22%
• Market capitalization: $28.73 billion
• Industry: Utilities - Independent Power Producers

• Price: $408.55
• Year-to-date return: +64.48%
• Market capitalization: $104.02 billion
• Industry: Capital Markets

• Price: $188.69
• Year-to-date return: +72.77%
• Market capitalization: $76.17 billion
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense

• Price: $570.91
• Year-to-date return: +73.50%
• Market capitalization: $155.64 billion
• Industry: Industrial Products

• Price: $147.73
• Year-to-date return: +73.63%
• Market capitalization: $31.38 billion
• Industry: Hardware

• Price: $53.17
• Year-to-date return: +74.41%
• Market capitalization: $31.73 billion
• Industry: Hardware

• Price: $155.42
• Year-to-date return: +104.73%
• Market capitalization: $365.40 billion
• Industry: Software