How are speculative growth stocks doing?
Fast-moving growth and fintech stocks that rise most when investors take risks, and fall hardest when they pull back. Here is how they have done as a group against the S&P 500, and which of them are leading and lagging.
Updated Oct 9, 2026
Lagging
Speculative growth stocks are down 24% over the past year as an equal-weighted group, against +16% for the S&P 500. 6 of 55 beat the index. Roku (ROKU) leads at +53% and Lucid Motors (LCID) trails at −83%. Over the past month the group is flat, against +3% for the S&P.
The past year
The group against the S&P 500, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a stock in the table to chart it against the group.
All 55 speculative growth stocks
Sorted by the past year’s return. Select a row to chart the stock against the group, or its ticker to open its page. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | P3 | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROKU Roku | 49Middling | −0.8% | +7% | +41% | +53% | Hot Hand |
| FRPT Freshpet | 77Strong | −1.7% | +15% | +5% | +29% | Bellwether |
| U Unity Technologies | 61Middling | +11.4% | +53% | +6% | +28% | Faith Trade |
| MTCH Match | 41Middling | −1.7% | +7% | +27% | +24% | Hot Hand |
| EBAY eBay | 28Weak | +6.8% | −3% | +29% | +22% | Speculative Pop |
| DV DoubleVerify | 24Weak | +0.9% | +13% | +18% | +20% | Speculative Pop |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies | 72Strong | +26.0% | +61% | +18% | +14% | Bellwether |
| ETSY Etsy | 37Middling | +7.2% | −5% | +38% | +9% | Faith Trade |
| GME GameStop | 61Middling | +30.3% | +21% | +32% | +9% | Coiled Spring |
| AFRM Affirm | 70Strong | +18.7% | −2% | +8% | +7% | Coiled Spring |
| RIVN Rivian | 55Middling | −13.0% | −19% | −29% | +6% | Rolling Over |
| AUR Aurora Innovation | 78Strong | −7.9% | −4% | +52% | +4% | Bellwether |
| RKLB Rocket Lab | 83Strong | +10.1% | −11% | −2% | +4% | Bellwether |
| NU Nubank | 24Weak | +7.3% | +18% | −4% | +4% | Turning Up |
| FRHC Freedom Holding | 15Weak | +4.3% | +5% | +39% | 0% | Falling Knife |
| XYZ Block | 49Middling | −2.3% | −2% | +19% | −5% | Wallflower |
| CVNA Carvana | 39Middling | −9.3% | −2% | −24% | −12% | Coiled Spring |
| MELI MercadoLibre | 37Middling | −0.9% | +1% | −6% | −13% | Turning Up |
| TSLA Tesla | 16Weak | +5.3% | −3% | −15% | −13% | Falling Knife |
| PATH UiPath | 56Middling | −2.8% | +14% | −18% | −13% | Coiled Spring |
| TOST Toast | 44Middling | −2.0% | +5% | −12% | −15% | Coiled Spring |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive | 41Middling | −1.6% | −13% | −17% | −17% | Show-Me Grower |
| BROS Dutch Bros | 50Middling | −12.4% | −43% | −38% | −21% | Wallflower |
| SPOT Spotify | 40Middling | +1.4% | +10% | −9% | −22% | Coiled Spring |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill | 16Weak | −12.6% | −14% | −15% | −23% | Falling Knife |
| LYFT Lyft | 20Weak | +8.0% | +4% | −16% | −23% | Broken Year |
| HOOD Robinhood Markets | 45Middling | −3.8% | −1% | −4% | −28% | Wallflower |
| UBER Uber | 27Weak | −1.4% | −4% | −12% | −28% | Show-Me Grower |
| RKT Rocket Companies | 45Middling | −13.0% | −17% | −41% | −29% | Wallflower |
| CERT Certara | 30Weak | +23.0% | +34% | +4% | −30% | Bottom Fished |
| DASH DoorDash | 27Weak | −2.3% | +4% | −13% | −30% | Turning Up |
| PINS Pinterest | 33Weak | +14.0% | −5% | −17% | −33% | Coiled Spring |
| MP MP Materials | 36Middling | −10.1% | −7% | −9% | −35% | Coiled Spring |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile | 49Middling | −14.9% | −25% | −30% | −37% | Coiled Spring |
| NFLX Netflix | 29Weak | −7.5% | −5% | −25% | −42% | Wallflower |
| DKNG DraftKings | 33Weak | −17.4% | −26% | −43% | −42% | Coiled Spring |
| SOFI SoFi | 29Weak | −8.2% | −13% | −40% | −44% | Wallflower |
| FOUR Shift4 | 25Weak | −7.0% | −19% | −36% | −50% | Coiled Spring |
| CHWY Chewy | 20Weak | −10.1% | −7% | −43% | −50% | Sleepy Staple |
| CPNG Coupang | 12Weak | +7.8% | −12% | −33% | −51% | Sleepy Staple |
| WING Wingstop | 23Weak | +10.6% | −21% | −49% | −51% | Coiled Spring |
| MSTR MicroStrategy | 25Weak | +20.1% | +68% | +2% | −53% | Coiled Spring |
| COIN Coinbase | 6Weak | +4.1% | +14% | −21% | −54% | Bottom Fished |
| APP AppLovin | 21Weak | −11.9% | −37% | −59% | −56% | Wallflower |
| DUOL Duolingo | 26Weak | +3.3% | +13% | −15% | −57% | Coiled Spring |
| ZG Zillow | 20Weak | −6.3% | −6% | −56% | −57% | Coiled Spring |
| DOCS Doximity | 9Weak | +23.4% | +37% | −31% | −59% | Bottom Fished |
| Z Zillow | 20Weak | −7.2% | −10% | −57% | −59% | Wallflower |
| RBLX Roblox | 21Weak | +7.2% | −13% | −41% | −62% | Coiled Spring |
| GTM ZoomInfo | 17Weak | +2.1% | +26% | −62% | −63% | Coiled Spring |
| FLUT Flutter Entertainment | 13Weak | −19.2% | −29% | −63% | −68% | Sleepy Staple |
| QS QuantumScape | – | −11.6% | −27% | −56% | −70% | – |
| TTD Trade Desk | 19Weak | −13.5% | −39% | −68% | −78% | Wallflower |
| UWMC United Wholesale Mortgage | 21Weak | −19.4% | −46% | −75% | −80% | Wallflower |
| LCID Lucid Motors | 21Weak | −9.3% | −31% | −64% | −83% | Coiled Spring |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. A group of large US stocks whose prices have moved together over the past five years once the market’s own moves are taken out: the same groups as Stox’s co-movement clusters. The group is equal-weighted, so each company counts the same whatever its size, and returns are share-price changes from daily closes.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep; scores and co-movement groups from Stox.
An equal-weighted group can read quite differently from a sector fund, which gives the biggest companies the most weight.
P3 is Stox’s combined score of market beat, staying power and business growth, from 0 to 100. Type is the stock’s Stox Atlas type. Both describe the past year, not what comes next.
Groups are built from how stocks trade rather than from industry labels, so a company can sit with stocks from another sector that move like it.
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