Here Are the 10 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks in 2023 — and the 10 Worst

• The stock market had a banner year in 2023, with the S&P 500 surging 24% to recover nearly all of 2022’s losses.
• While some stocks vastly outperformed the S&P 500, other saw disastrous declines.
• Here are the 10 best performing S&P 500 companies in 2023 — and the 10 worst.

The stock market had a strong year in 2023, with the S&P 500 surging 24% to recover nearly all of the losses inflicted by 2022’s brutal bear market.

The index was within 1% of its all-time high on the last trading day of 2023, and some Wall Street strategists suggest the gains might continue into 2024.

While a 24% jump sounds nice, some S&P 500 companies more than quintupled those gains, while others saw disastrous declines.

Here are the 10 best performing S&P 500 companies in 2023 — and the 10 worst.

The 10 best performing S&P 500 companies in 2023

10. Tesla

Ticker: TSLA
Market cap: $790.9 billion
2023 gain: 102.0%

9. Palo Alto Networks

Ticker: PANW
Market cap: $92.6 billion
2023 gain: 110.5%

8. PulteGroup

Ticker: PHM
Market cap: $22.3 billion
2023 gain: 126.7%

7. AMD

Ticker: AMD
Market cap: $238.8 billion
2023 gain: 128.2%

6. Carnival 

Ticker: CCL
Market cap: $23.8 billion
2023 gain: 132.9%

5. Uber

Ticker: UBER
Market cap: $126.3 billion
2023 gain: 148.2%

4. Builders Firstsource

Ticker: BLDR
Market cap: $20.6 billion
2023 gain: 157.3%

3. Royal Caribbean

Ticker: RCL
Market cap: $33.4 billion
2023 gain: 163.4%

2. Meta Platforms

Ticker: META
Market cap: $907.4 billion
2023 gain: 193.4%

1. Nvidia

Ticker: NVDA
Market cap: $1.21 trillion
2023 gain: 236.0%

The 10 worst performing S&P 500 companies in 2023

10. Etsy

Ticker: ETSY
Market cap: $9.7 billion
2023 loss: 32.4%

9. AES

Ticker: AES
Market cap: $12.9 billion
2023 loss: 33.1%

8. Paycom Software

Ticker: PAYC
Market cap: $11.9 billion
2023 loss: 33.3%

7. Albemarle

Ticker: ALB
Market cap: $16.9 billion
2023 loss: 33.7%

6. Estee Lauder

Ticker: EL
Market cap: $52.5 billion
2023 loss: 40.9%

5. Pfizer

Ticker: PFE
Market cap: $161.5 billion
2023 loss: 44.2%

4. Moderna

Ticker: MRNA
Market cap: $37.7 billion
2023 loss: 44.9%

3. Dollar General

Ticker: DG
Market cap: $29.8 billion
2023 loss: 44.9%

2. FMC

Ticker: FMC
Market cap: $7.9 billion
2023 loss: 49.6%

1. Enphase Energy

Ticker: ENPH
Market cap: $18.2 billion
2023 loss: 49.8%