25 Best & Worst Performing Stocks of S&P 500 Index in 2024
If you had guessed Nvidia is the best performing stock of 2024, you are close but not correct. Palantir
is 2024’s best performing stock in S&P 500 index a gain of 366%. Second best is the energy company Vistra with a gain of 268% and Nvidia is the third best performing company with the gain of 185% in 2024.

Distribution of 2024 Annual Returns of Companies in S&P 500
Overall 2024 has been a good year for S&P 500 index companies, with the positive median return of about 9.9% gain.
