CVS Health is the best performing stock in the S&P 500 this year
Tesla is the worst, as of Tuesday’s close.
This year's top performing stock is none other than CVS Health, which is leading healthcare stocks' healthy comeback in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. The massive drugstore franchise has returned 46% to date this year, thanks to its fourth quarter that smashed Wall Street estimates.
With CVS's struggling rival Walgreens also rising — although for a different reason, as the company is set to be taken private — alongside biotech and pharma companies Gilead Sciences, Baxter, and AbbVie all sporting double-digit percentage gains in 2025, healthcare stocks are dominating the S&P 500’s top ten gainers list, taking up seven out of the top ten.
Although the company is making a surge this morning, as of yesterday’s close Teslawas officially the worst performing stock of the S&P 500 this year, down 43% since the start of 2025. Elon Musk’s once-popular EV company is now trading below where it was before the election, hurt by dropping international sales and increasingly bearish Wall Street analysts. Also finding themselves towards the bottom of the list is UGG-maker and Hoka sneaker owner Deckers.
Note: Data as of Tuesday’s close (March 11, 2025).
