30 Russell 1000 stocks have already gained more than 100% in 2026. And we're only halfway through the year.
Here’s the table:
Let's break down what the table shows:
The table lists every Russell 1000 stock that has gained more than 100% year to date. Stocks are ranked by their year-to-date return from highest to lowest. The table includes each company's ticker, name, sector, industry, market capitalization, and year-to-date performance.
The Takeaway: 30 Russell 1000 stocks have already doubled in 2026.
That's an incredible number considering we're only six months into the year.
The biggest winner has gained 763.8%, while four stocks have already returned more than 250%. Those aren't the sort of gains you normally associate with a market that lacks leadership.
Technology dominates this list.
24 of the 30 companies come from the Technology sector.
Dig one level deeper, and an even bigger theme appears.
Semiconductors and the companies that support them make up the bulk of the winners. Chip designers, manufacturers, equipment makers and materials suppliers are all represented. The AI trade has expanded well beyond a handful of household names.
Most investors think the AI boom has been driven by Nvidia and the Magnificent Seven. This table tells a different story. Many of the biggest winners are companies that receive far less attention but play a critical role in building the hardware and infrastructure behind AI.
The winners range from companies worth less than $10B to businesses valued at more than $1T. Money has flowed across the entire AI ecosystem, regardless of company size.
Hardware has quietly become one of the biggest winners. Sandisk, Western Digital and Dell all sit near the top of the leaderboard. AI isn't just changing software. It's driving demand for the storage, servers, networking and infrastructure needed to power the next generation of computing.
Bull markets don't create one or two big winners. They create dozens. Right now, the biggest opportunities are reaching far beyond the names everyone already knows.
For me, that's a reminder to keep an open mind. The best opportunities aren't always the biggest companies or the stocks making headlines. Sometimes they're the businesses quietly benefiting from the same theme.
Grant Hawkridge | Chief Aussie Operator, All Star Charts
Spencer Israel sits across from the entire analyst network every day, hears more good ideas than any one person could ever trade, and picks the ones he likes most.
The SMTV Portfolio is what happens when he puts $10K of his own money behind those calls.
