The 3 Stocks That Crushed the S&P 500 in 2025

S&P 500 trophies highlight top market performers against a rising index backdrop in a strong equity rally. Key Points The S&P 500’s 2025 gains were helped along by a powerful rotation into AI hardware, with memory and storage stocks outperforming even the Magnificent Seven. SanDisk, Western Digital, and Micron dominated performance as shortages in NAND, HDD, and high-bandwidth memory collided with surging demand for AI infrastructure. Strong earnings growth, pricing power, and favorable valuations rein ...