These Were the 5 Top-Performing Stocks in the S&P 500 in August 2025

One of these stocks could still be a good buy today thanks to an improving growth rate and a long history of strong financial results.If you buy a stock that goes up 20% in a year, I'd say you made a good investment. After all, the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.51%) returns somewhere around 10% annually on average. Doubling that return in a single month, therefore, is a good deal.The five top-performing S&P 500 stocks all returned better than 20% in August. These top stocks were an eclectic mix of Albemarle (ALB 0.60%), ...