Which stocks are starting to lead?
Last year’s winners are easy to find. The stocks that have only recently moved from the back of the pack to the front are where new leadership shows up first, and pairing that turn with a growing business separates a real change from a bounce.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
10 turning up
10 stocks moved from the bottom half of the market three to six months ago into the top 40% over the past six weeks. Health Care has the most (2). 6 of them also have fast-growing businesses. Going the other way, 14 former leaders have dropped into the bottom 40%.
The turn
Select any stock below. Score is its weekly rank against the market; Value is its price over the past year.
Stocks turning up
Sorted by the size of the rise in weekly rank. Business shows whether sales, margins and cash flow are growing. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | Rank now | 3-6 months ago | Change | 3M | Business | Sector | Weekly rank, past year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCK McKesson Corporation | 68Leading | 37 | +31 pts | +13% | 75Growing | Health Care | |
| EA Electronic Arts | 70Leading | 43 | +27 pts | +4% | 11Slowing | Communication Services | |
| WBD Warner Bros. Discovery | 67Leading | 42 | +25 pts | +18% | 31Slowing | Communication Services | |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 63Leading | 40 | +22 pts | +23% | 92Growing | Utilities | |
| VEEV Veeva Systems | 64Leading | 45 | +19 pts | +51% | 90Growing | Health Care | |
| KMI Kinder Morgan | 62Leading | 44 | +18 pts | −1% | 81Growing | Energy | |
| PG Procter & Gamble | 62Leading | 44 | +18 pts | 0% | 31Slowing | Consumer Staples | |
| WMT Walmart | 60Leading | 43 | +17 pts | −5% | 43Steady | Consumer Staples | |
| LITE Lumentum | 60Leading | 44 | +16 pts | +60% | 99Growing | Information Technology | |
| PTC PTC Inc. | 60Leading | 44 | +16 pts | +57% | 91Growing | Information Technology |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. Each week every S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stock is ranked by how much it beat the S&P 500. A stock qualifies if its average rank over the past six weeks is 60 or more and it averaged below 45 three to six months ago.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep.
Weekly rank compares each stock’s weekly return over the S&P 500 with every other stock’s, from 0 to 100. Averaging six weeks smooths out a single good week.
In our research, relative strength that persists carries more information than a fresh jump, and many turns fade. This list is a starting point for a closer look.
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