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Highest fundamental return (2026)
The 50 companies below have a combined market cap of $11.7T; the best performer of 2026 is MU (+256.4% YTD). Earnings growth plus cash returned — the annual return the business made, before any re-rating. Not investment advice.
End of day 2026-09-04 · 50 entries · digits update live during market hours
Combined market cap
$11.7T
50 entries
Median YTD return
+18.7%
2026
Best of 2026
+256.4%
MU
Worst of 2026
-49.9%
BSX
Top 50 by fundamental return
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| # Company | CategoryCategory | 1Y1Y chart | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISFidelity National Information Services | Financials | $41.89 | -0.92% | -2.1% | +3.5% | -35.7% | -37.1% | -63.1% | +117.13% | +2960.87% | +2917.7% | $22B | |
| NVDANVIDIA | Technology | $230.36 | +0.84% | +5.2% | +12.3% | +23.7% | +34.4% | +921.2% | +95.66% | +125.33% | +123.3% | $5.55T | |
| DBDeutsche Bank | Financials | $41.33 | -0.55% | +9.8% | +31.2% | +11.1% | +21.3% | +284.5% | +78.22% | +22.26% | +19.5% | $79B | |
| SMCISuper Micro Computer | Technology | $39.59 | +4.54% | +34.8% | -4.9% | +35.3% | -2.7% | +1008.0% | +72.69% | +92.45% | +112.8% | $26B | |
| APGAPi Group | Consumer Discretionary | $40.04 | +0.03% | -2.9% | -4.6% | +4.7% | +14.3% | +157.2% | +68.20% | +34.29% | +39.5% | $17B | |
| MUMicron Technology | Technology | $1,016.59 | +6.10% | +15.3% | +17.7% | +256.4% | +719.8% | +1308.8% | +65.21% | +709.19% | +716.6% | $1.15T | |
| EXELExelixis | Healthcare | $59.01 | -0.20% | +13.0% | +12.0% | +34.6% | +57.9% | +203.7% | +63.33% | +55.48% | +43.1% | $15B | |
| TTMITTM Technologies | Technology | $125.60 | +8.85% | -7.9% | -25.1% | +82.0% | +172.6% | +792.0% | +60.71% | +149.95% | +154.9% | $13B | |
| WDCWestern Digital | Technology | $467.46 | +5.86% | +3.5% | -8.6% | +171.6% | +417.4% | +882.4% | +58.02% | +368.62% | +386.6% | $169B | |
| FIXComfort Systems USA | Industrials | $1,610.34 | +1.91% | -6.0% | -12.6% | +72.8% | +122.9% | +2063.3% | +57.73% | +107.99% | +107.3% | $57B | |
| SUISun Communities | Real Estate | $119.44 | -0.34% | -0.7% | -2.5% | -1.8% | -4.1% | -28.6% | +57.21% | — | — | $15B | |
| MARMarriott International | Consumer Discretionary | $336.51 | +0.13% | -6.2% | -14.1% | +9.1% | +26.2% | +158.1% | +57.08% | +10.00% | +4.9% | $88B | |
| PENPenumbra | Healthcare | $322.17 | +0.32% | -0.8% | +0.5% | +3.6% | +15.2% | +18.5% | +56.48% | +7.65% | +8.7% | $13B | |
| NOWServiceNow | Technology | $141.26 | -2.97% | +20.4% | +25.6% | -7.8% | -21.4% | +11.7% | +56.32% | +1.13% | +0.5% | $146B | |
| PAAPlains All American Pipeline | Energy | $25.70 | +0.67% | +9.3% | +15.7% | +51.4% | +59.5% | +297.7% | +54.74% | +203.44% | +204.4% | $18B | |
| FUTUFutu Holdings ADR | Financials | $121.75 | -0.21% | +16.5% | +31.9% | -24.7% | -34.6% | +31.3% | +54.11% | +108.08% | +108.0% | $17B | |
| FTITechnipFMC | Consumer Discretionary | $79.84 | -0.30% | +14.8% | +19.6% | +79.5% | +102.0% | +1098.8% | +53.87% | +35.56% | +29.1% | $31B | |
| DISWalt Disney | Communication Services | $105.31 | -1.73% | +0.6% | +6.4% | -6.7% | -10.1% | -39.7% | +53.16% | -21.31% | -25.6% | $182B | |
| UDRUDR | Real Estate | $36.38 | +0.03% | -4.2% | -6.5% | +2.4% | -2.1% | -16.1% | +52.97% | +311.24% | +298.9% | $13B | |
| TRGPTarga Resources | Energy | $290.05 | -1.19% | +8.1% | +10.3% | +59.5% | +77.9% | +613.9% | +52.72% | +40.42% | +38.5% | $62B | |
| STRLSterling Infrastructure | Industrials | $486.49 | +5.75% | -9.3% | -44.9% | +58.9% | +68.5% | +1998.7% | +50.36% | +50.60% | +51.4% | $15B | |
| PFGCPerformance Food Group | Consumer Discretionary | $98.63 | -0.52% | -13.9% | +1.6% | +9.7% | -6.3% | +100.9% | +49.88% | +4.95% | +5.6% | $16B | |
| RLRalph Lauren | Consumer Discretionary | $351.20 | +2.03% | -11.3% | -4.0% | -0.2% | +10.7% | +228.3% | +48.94% | +26.89% | +23.8% | $21B | |
| RNRRenaissanceRe Holdings | Financials | $330.38 | -2.25% | +2.1% | +14.7% | +17.8% | +35.6% | +115.6% | +47.68% | +49.84% | +31.8% | $14B | |
| BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | Financials | $29.51 | -0.44% | +4.9% | +32.8% | +30.5% | +67.9% | +512.3% | +47.32% | +14.07% | +10.0% | $168B | |
| CFCF Industries Holdings | Materials | $133.35 | -3.24% | +14.8% | +18.1% | +74.9% | +61.7% | +227.4% | +47.16% | +74.16% | +61.3% | $20B | |
| HWMHowmet Aerospace | Industrials | $259.27 | -0.47% | -10.5% | +3.0% | +26.7% | +44.7% | +702.2% | +46.91% | +35.60% | +34.0% | $103B | |
| NTRNutrien | Industrials | $79.47 | -1.56% | +19.0% | +19.3% | +30.9% | +41.8% | +50.8% | +45.15% | +234.19% | +228.4% | $39B | |
| ITTITT | Industrials | $204.33 | +0.42% | -4.7% | +6.9% | +18.2% | +19.6% | +119.6% | +44.95% | -27.95% | -18.4% | $18B | |
| CVXChevron | Energy | $208.60 | -1.29% | +11.2% | +12.3% | +40.7% | +37.5% | +158.4% | +44.60% | +34.69% | +50.2% | $412B | |
| HLHecla Mining | Industrials | $20.68 | -2.50% | +30.4% | +39.9% | +7.8% | +133.9% | +248.2% | +44.44% | +217.56% | +233.4% | $14B | |
| BSXBoston Scientific | Healthcare | $47.80 | +1.81% | -3.0% | -1.5% | -49.9% | -55.4% | +6.6% | +44.02% | +50.28% | +47.0% | $69B | |
| COPConocoPhillips | Energy | $134.26 | -1.08% | +15.8% | +15.4% | +46.6% | +44.6% | +178.2% | +43.61% | +7.59% | +1.1% | $161B | |
| AGIAlamos Gold | Materials | $36.97 | -1.91% | +18.9% | +4.2% | -4.0% | +17.4% | +380.8% | +42.28% | +212.44% | +211.8% | $16B | |
| MTSIMACOM Technology Solutions Holdings | Technology | $268.95 | +3.46% | -10.8% | -22.1% | +57.0% | +103.9% | +332.7% | +41.42% | — | — | $21B | |
| PTCPTC | Technology | $141.02 | -6.04% | -4.5% | +2.9% | -19.1% | -33.9% | +6.8% | +41.03% | +163.69% | +138.8% | $15B | |
| EMEEMCOR Group | Industrials | $754.16 | +1.73% | -6.7% | -7.7% | +23.5% | +18.0% | +517.6% | +40.44% | +32.34% | +30.2% | $33B | |
| ANETArista Networks | Technology | $193.78 | +1.22% | +0.8% | +25.6% | +47.9% | +37.3% | +731.5% | +40.13% | +23.98% | +24.4% | $244B | |
| EIXEdison International | Utilities | $56.77 | +0.83% | -15.6% | -21.7% | -1.7% | +9.6% | +25.0% | +40.01% | +48.17% | +42.2% | $22B | |
| AVGOBroadcom | Technology | $357.90 | +0.21% | -14.9% | -7.1% | +3.8% | +17.8% | +692.7% | +39.61% | +125.70% | +127.6% | $1.70T | |
| GFIGold Fields ADR | Materials | $47.40 | -1.58% | +26.9% | +29.4% | +11.7% | +46.0% | +485.6% | +38.68% | +184.35% | +182.7% | $42B | |
| HSBCHSBC Holdings plc. | Financials | $107.11 | +0.61% | +4.9% | +18.5% | +41.4% | +72.2% | +427.1% | +38.66% | -0.17% | -7.5% | $368B | |
| SIRISiriusXM Holdings | Consumer Discretionary | $28.99 | -2.62% | -2.1% | +8.3% | +49.6% | +25.9% | -44.1% | +37.49% | — | — | $10B | |
| ECEcopetrol ADR | Energy | $17.25 | +0.29% | -0.9% | +13.9% | +80.7% | +100.3% | +109.1% | +37.37% | -20.88% | -21.3% | $35B | |
| SHOPShopify | Technology | $145.09 | -0.54% | -1.6% | +32.5% | -9.9% | -0.0% | -5.3% | +37.25% | -17.70% | -17.8% | $188B | |
| NVMINova | Technology | $372.10 | +5.50% | -2.4% | -21.8% | +13.3% | +48.3% | +269.7% | +36.84% | +29.98% | +41.1% | $12B | |
| LYGLloyds Banking Group ADR | Financials | $6.08 | -0.33% | -0.4% | +16.1% | +19.1% | +44.1% | +222.9% | +36.50% | +15.93% | +9.8% | $90B | |
| DYDycom Industries | Industrials | $300.23 | +1.58% | -24.9% | -35.6% | -11.1% | +18.2% | +287.5% | +36.36% | +22.11% | +25.6% | $9B | |
| TWTradeweb Markets | Financials | $106.20 | +0.82% | +2.9% | +3.7% | -0.9% | -13.5% | +22.0% | +35.96% | +79.14% | +60.8% | $23B | |
| FTNTFortinet | Technology | $156.29 | -0.04% | -2.4% | +8.0% | +96.8% | +104.5% | +147.2% | +35.61% | +14.20% | +9.3% | $115B |
Methodology
Fundamental return is realized shareholder yield plus earnings growth: roughly the annual return the business itself produced, before the market re-rated it up or down. It is what you would have earned if the multiple never moved. The 5Y column uses CAGRs on both legs so the two terms are the same kind of rate.
Returns are total returns (dividends reinvested), computed over adjusted closes we derive ourselves from SEC-filed dividends and splits. Fundamentals come from company filings via our EDGAR pipeline. Past performance does not predict future returns; this is not investment advice.
FAQ#
- What is fundamental return?
- Fundamental return is the annual return a business generated on its own, before any change in how the market values it. It adds two things a company controls: the growth in its earnings, and what it returned to owners — shares retired plus dividends paid. Total shareholder return is roughly this plus (or minus) the re-rating of the valuation multiple. A stock can beat its fundamental return for years because the multiple expanded, and that part isn't repeatable; the fundamental part is the piece with a business behind it.
- Why use earnings growth instead of EPS growth?
- Because EPS growth already contains the buyback. Earnings per share is profit divided by share count, so retiring shares raises EPS on its own — adding a buyback yield on top of EPS growth would count the same retirement twice and systematically flatter the heaviest repurchasers. Pairing the yield with company-level earnings growth counts each effect once.
- Is a high fundamental return a buy signal?
- No — it is backward-looking, and it says nothing about price. It measures what the business did over the past five years, not what it will do or what you have to pay for it today. Two stocks with identical fundamental returns can trade at wildly different multiples; the P/E, P/S and P/FCF columns are on this table for exactly that reason. Fast historical compounding also tends to mean-revert as a business scales. Not investment advice.
- Which stock has the highest fundamental return?
- Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) currently leads US large caps at about 117.13% a year.
- What are the top 10 fundamental return stocks?
- The 10 highest fundamental returns right now: 1. FIS 117.13%, 2. NVDA 95.66%, 3. DB 78.22%, 4. SMCI 72.69%, 5. APG 68.20%, 6. MU 65.21%, 7. EXEL 63.33%, 8. TTMI 60.71%, 9. WDC 58.02%, 10. FIX 57.73%.
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