Leaders by return among S&P 500 stocks each year (2000–2025): 2000 – Laboratory Corp of America: +377% 2001 – Booking Holdings: +324% 2002 – Tractor Supply: +120% 2003 – Axon Enterprise: +1,934% 2004 – Axon Enterprise: +358% 2005 – Monster Beverage: +322% 2006 – Intercontinental Exchange: +196% 2007 – Amazon: +140% 2008 – Dollar Tree: +61% 2009 – XL Capital: +395% 2010 – Netflix: +216% 2011 – Expedia: +184% 2012 – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: +203% 2013 – Netflix: +298% 2014 – Skyworks Solutions: +159% 2015 – Netflix: +133% 2016 – NVIDIA: +224% 2017 – NRG Energy: +132% 2018 – AMD: +81% 2019 – AMD: +148% 2020 – Tesla: +743% 2021 – Devon Energy: +194% 2022 – Occidental Petroleum: +119% 2023 – NVIDIA: +239% 2024 – Palantir: +340% 2025 – AppLovin: +722% Returns are approximate, excluding dividends.