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Top Performing Stocks 2026

Nifty 50 stocks ranked by 5-year price CAGR, with the index alongside so you can see what stock-picking actually added.

  • Best 5-yr CAGR 46.0% (Bharat Electronics)
  • Nifty 50 same period 7.2%
  • Data as of 20 July 2026
  • Price feed live, refreshed daily
Nifty 50 top performers — 5-year price CAGR (% p.a., as of 20 July 2026)
  • Bharat ElectronicsTopDefence46.0%
  • Mahindra & MahindraAuto32.1%
  • NTPCPower24.7%
  • Bharti AirtelTelecom24.6%
  • TrentRetail24.0%
  • Bajaj AutoAuto23.2%
  • Adani PortsInfrastructure19.9%
  • Sun PharmaPharma19.9%
  • Larsen & ToubroCapital goods18.2%
  • Power GridPower17.2%

The benchmark: what no stock-picking earned

Index 5-year price CAGR over the same window (% p.a.)
  • Nifty 507.2%
  • Nifty Midcap 15016.7%
  • Nifty Smallcap 25015.4%

Every stock above beat the Nifty 50’s 7.2% — that is why it made the list. The honest comparison, though, is against the mid and small cap indices: broad mid-cap exposure compounded near 17% with no single-company risk. A great stock pick has to beat not just the market, but the diversified fund you could have held instead.

What a 5-year winners list hides

Survivorship does the heavy lifting in every “top stocks” table. You are looking at the winners after the race — the stocks that fell out of the index, suspended, or went sideways are not on the page. Add drawdowns (several names here halved at some point in the window), and the list reads less like a shopping list and more like a reminder that concentrated bets have wide outcomes in both directions.

If you still want equity exposure

The boring math: a monthly SIP into a diversified fund at even 12–15% compounds into more than most concentrated portfolios actually realise, because it never gets abandoned at the bottom. Run the numbers on the SIP calculator, see the fund side of this page at top mutual funds, or compare equity against FD and PPF on the comparison page.

Top stocks FAQs

Which stocks have given the best returns in the last 5 years?

Within the Nifty 50, retail, defence and auto names lead the trailing 5-year window — several compounding above 30% a year. The exact order changes with every market move, which is why the figures here carry a verification date.

Should I buy the top performers on this list?

Buying past winners is called performance chasing, and it works badly more often than it works well — a stock that has already multiplied is priced for its success. This page is information about what happened, not a recommendation about what to buy.

Why compare stocks against an index?

The index is what you could have earned with no stock-picking at all. A stock pick only added value if it beat the index over the same period — and most picks, over most periods, do not.

Do these returns include dividends?

No — these are price CAGRs. Dividend-heavy stocks (PSUs especially) earn 1–4% a year on top of the price return shown.

Is investing in individual stocks riskier than mutual funds?

Yes. A fund spreads one bad call across dozens of holdings; a concentrated stock position does not. If you want equity growth without single-stock risk, an index or diversified equity fund does that — see the top mutual funds page.

Equity investments are subject to market risk. Figures are historical price CAGRs (dividends excluded), source: NSE closing prices (via Yahoo Finance). This page is information, not investment advice, and AtFinance is not a SEBI-registered adviser.

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