best performing stocks in august 2015 to august 2016 in the sandp500

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had the highest return between August 1, 2015 and August 31, 2016 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 283.4%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
283.42%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
209.96%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
124.77%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
91.14%
Danaher (DHR)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
84.57%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
75.19%
MarketAxess (MKTX)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
73.72%
Caesars Entertainment (CZR)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
65.8%
Paycom Soft (PAYC)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
60.39%
IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
53.96%
Microchip Technology (MCHP)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
52.38%
Edwards Lifesciences (EW)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
51.28%
Albemarle (ALB)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
51.06%
Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
51%
Evergy (EVRG)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
50.69%
Xylem (XYL)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
50.25%
Align Technology (ALGN)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
48.69%
NiSource (NI)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
48.42%
Sysco (SYY)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
48.12%
Ulta Beauty (ULTA)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
47.83%
American Water Works (AWK)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
46.46%
Molson Coors Brewing (TAP)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
46.39%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
46.37%
Pool (POOL)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
45.24%
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
8/1/2015 - 8/31/2016
43.65%