Which stocks keep winning?

A big one-year gain can come from a single lucky month. A stock that beats the market week after week is telling you something more durable about demand for its shares, and those are the names worth understanding first.

Updated Oct 6, 2026

% of stocks

30 steady winners

30 stocks finished in the top half of the market in at least 32 of the last 52 weeks while beating the S&P 500 over the year. NDSN leads with 36 weeks.

Most common sector: Information Technology (7)S&P 500 +16.4% over a year

Share of stocks beating the S&P each week

Over time

Select any stock. Score is its weekly rank against the market; Value is its strength against the S&P 500, set to 100 a year ago.

NDSN · Nordson Corporation

Strength vs the S&P 500, set to 100 a year ago. Latest: +27 pts vs the S&P over a year

The 60 steadiest winners

Ranked by weeks in the top half, then by the year’s gain against the S&P 500. Select a column to sort.

Stock	Consistency	vs S&P, 1Y	Rank steadiness	P3 score	Sector
NDSN Nordson Corporation	10036 of 52 wks	+27 pts	63	79	Industrials
MU Micron Technology	10035 of 52 wks	+440 pts	99	98	Information Technology
CIEN Ciena	10035 of 52 wks	+177 pts	99	97	Information Technology
BIIB Biogen	9935 of 52 wks	+23 pts	24	26	Health Care
WDC Western Digital	9934 of 52 wks	+197 pts	99	95	Information Technology
TER Teradyne	9934 of 52 wks	+179 pts	96	89	Information Technology
PSX Phillips 66	9934 of 52 wks	+86 pts	57	55	Energy
NUE Nucor	9834 of 52 wks	+65 pts	70	80	Materials
APA APA Corporation	9834 of 52 wks	+63 pts	70	62	Energy
TRGP Targa Resources	9834 of 52 wks	+60 pts	77	53	Energy
EXPD Expeditors International	9834 of 52 wks	+39 pts	79	62	Industrials
ROST Ross Stores	9834 of 52 wks	+30 pts	62	78	Consumer Discretionary
CVX Chevron Corporation	9734 of 52 wks	+19 pts	17	27	Energy
SNDK Sandisk	9933 of 52 wks	+1177 pts	100	100	Information Technology
AMD Advanced Micro Devices	9733 of 52 wks	+278 pts	98	97	Information Technology
VLO Valero Energy	9733 of 52 wks	+145 pts	84	81	Energy
FIX Comfort Systems USA	9733 of 52 wks	+106 pts	67	86	Industrials
CRL Charles River Laboratories	9733 of 52 wks	+56 pts	87	57	Health Care
ANET Arista Networks	9633 of 52 wks	+32 pts	77	80	Information Technology
JCI Johnson Controls	9633 of 52 wks	+30 pts	61	37	Industrials
WAB Wabtec	9633 of 52 wks	+29 pts	45	64	Industrials
DVN Devon Energy	9633 of 52 wks	+23 pts	84	50	Energy
WST West Pharmaceutical Services	9633 of 52 wks	+20 pts	19	51	Health Care
AIZ Assurant	9533 of 52 wks	+7 pts	33	58	Financials
PWR Quanta Services	9532 of 52 wks	+54 pts	23	52	Industrials
STLD Steel Dynamics	9532 of 52 wks	+48 pts	68	70	Materials
NEM Newmont	9532 of 52 wks	+18 pts	76	85	Materials
PFG Principal Financial Group	9532 of 52 wks	+14 pts	33	48	Financials
EOG EOG Resources	9432 of 52 wks	+14 pts	67	62	Energy
EME Emcor	9432 of 52 wks	+10 pts	69	63	Industrials
STX Seagate Technology	9431 of 52 wks	+202 pts	96	97	Information Technology
INTC Intel	9431 of 52 wks	+189 pts	93	86	Information Technology
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise	9431 of 52 wks	+172 pts	93	82	Information Technology
LRCX Lam Research	9331 of 52 wks	+113 pts	98	95	Information Technology
PANW Palo Alto Networks	9331 of 52 wks	+86 pts	76	86	Information Technology
ASML ASML Holding	9331 of 52 wks	+61 pts	83	58	Information Technology
CAT Caterpillar Inc.	9331 of 52 wks	+57 pts	40	63	Industrials
JBHT J.B. Hunt	9331 of 52 wks	+47 pts	78	79	Industrials
RVTY Revvity	9231 of 52 wks	+47 pts	54	54	Health Care
WBD Warner Bros. Discovery	9231 of 52 wks	+47 pts	33	45	Communication Services
VRT Vertiv	9231 of 52 wks	+42 pts	96	94	Industrials
STT State Street Corporation	9231 of 52 wks	+35 pts	30	41	Financials
XOM ExxonMobil	9231 of 52 wks	+29 pts	40	24	Energy
COP ConocoPhillips	9231 of 52 wks	+21 pts	67	65	Energy
BNY BNY Mellon	9131 of 52 wks	+18 pts	50	60	Financials
WAT Waters Corporation	9131 of 52 wks	+16 pts	27	35	Health Care
CSX CSX Corporation	9131 of 52 wks	+15 pts	33	41	Industrials
AAPL Apple Inc.	9131 of 52 wks	+13 pts	11	37	Information Technology
MNST Monster Beverage	9131 of 52 wks	+12 pts	30	60	Consumer Staples
TRV Travelers Companies (The)	9031 of 52 wks	+10 pts	43	61	Financials
FANG Diamondback Energy	9031 of 52 wks	+9 pts	83	74	Energy
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	9031 of 52 wks	+4 pts	2	16	Health Care
TECH Bio-Techne	9031 of 52 wks	−1 pts	0	10	Health Care
CASY Casey's	9031 of 52 wks	−7 pts	21	46	Consumer Staples
COR Cencora	8931 of 52 wks	−12 pts	27	28	Health Care
CME CME Group	8931 of 52 wks	−14 pts	25	36	Financials
TEL TE Connectivity	8931 of 52 wks	−17 pts	47	49	Information Technology
MRNA Moderna	8930 of 52 wks	+542 pts	92	21	Health Care
DELL Dell Technologies	8930 of 52 wks	+291 pts	96	92	Information Technology
COHR Coherent Corp.	8830 of 52 wks	+181 pts	99	71	Information Technology

How to read this page

How it’s measured. S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks. Each week, every stock is ranked by how much it beat the S&P 500; top half means it beat most stocks that week.

Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep.

Consistency ranks every stock by how many of the last 52 weeks it spent in the top half of the market, from 0 to 100. Rank steadiness is how stable that rank has been; P3 combines one-year performance, steadiness and business growth.

Steady winners describe the past year. In our research, persistence adds information to momentum, but no single score is a forecast for one stock.

This page is information, not investment advice. About our data and methods ›

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