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Top Stock Gainers May 2021 - Monthly Performance Ranked

The top US-listed stocks of May 2021 by monthly gain, on split-adjusted closes. Ranks 3,193 companies above $100M on NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American.

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May 2021 ranking, complete through May 28, 2021

30 stocks are withheld from this ranking because their price history is under review.

The gain covers the period; price, market cap, sector and country show each company as it is today.

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Rank
Symbol
Company Name
May Gain
Market Cap (today)
Price (today)
Country
Sector
1
JILL
J Jill
+109.75%
$302.17M
$20.21
United States
Consumer Cyclical
2
TGLS
Tecnoglass Holdings Inc
+80.54%
$1.82B
$41.03
United States
Basic Materials
3
ARQ
Arq Inc
+66.46%
$100.44M
$2.30
United States
Industrials
4
WRN
Western Copper
+63.75%
$572.22M
$2.53
Canada
Basic Materials
5
NFGC
New Found Gold Corp
+63.51%
$707.22M
$1.84
Canada
Basic Materials
6
SPCE
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc
+55.06%
$466.92M
$3.08
United States
Industrials
7
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resourc...
+54.19%
$2.66B
$210.01
United States
Basic Materials
8
SLS
Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc
+51.97%
$3.12B
$15.46
United States
Healthcare
9
EOSE
Eos Energy Enterprises Inc
+51.12%
$1.38B
$3.81
United States
Industrials
10
GTX
Garrett Motion
+50.35%
$4.96B
$26.62
United States
Consumer Cyclical
11
TEN
Tsakos Energy
+50.34%
$1.29B
$42.71
Greece
Energy
12
VERA
Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
+50.00%†
$2.33B
$32.27
United States
Healthcare
13
WW
WW International Inc
+45.34%
$157.08M
$15.71
United States
Healthcare
14
KOR
AdvisorShares KIM Korea Equ...
+45.33%
$415.60M
$3.21
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15
DDD
3D Systems Corp
+43.81%
$530.01M
$3.19
United States
Technology
16
RZLT
Rezolute Inc
+43.07%
$490.13M
$5.09
United States
Healthcare
17
CLB
Core Laboratories Inc
+42.95%
$574.47M
$12.52
United States
Energy
18
BCRX
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc
+41.06%
$2.44B
$9.55
United States
Healthcare
19
SMID
Smith Midland Corp
+40.87%
$146.88M
$27.69
United States
Basic Materials
20
HL
Hecla Mining Co
+39.97%
$13.92B
$20.72
United States
Basic Materials
21
AGEN
Agenus
+39.67%
$364.13M
$8.09
United States
Healthcare
22
METC
Ramaco Res Inc
+37.89%
$754.32M
$11.90
United States
Basic Materials
23
AMRK
A-Mark Precious
+37.74%
$615.86M
$25.01
United States
Financial Services
24
RNAC
Cartesian
+37.34%
$303.76M
$10.04
United States
Healthcare
25
INSE
Inspired Entmt Inc
+37.25%
$162.19M
$6.08
United States
Consumer Cyclical
26
ABAT
American Battery Technology Co
+37.20%
$350.59M
$2.57
United States
Industrials
27
GME
Gamestop Corp
+36.87%
$8.17B
$18.21
United States
Consumer Cyclical
28
VTLE
Vital Energy Inc
+36.81%
$648.56M
$16.76
United States
Energy
29
LFMD
Lifemd Inc
+36.73%
$159.54M
$3.31
United States
Healthcare
30
AXR
AMREP
+36.31%
$122.47M
$23.00
United States
Real Estate
31
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc
+36.01%
$12.59B
$189.10
United States
Consumer Defensive
32
VIST
Vista Energy Sponsored ADR ...
+35.61%
$7.70B
$69.58
Mexico
Energy
33
TDUP
Thredup Inc.
+35.03%
$366.42M
$2.79
United States
Consumer Cyclical
34
STIM
Neuronetics
+33.69%
$228.59M
$3.00
United States
Healthcare
35
GSAT
Globalstar
+33.33%
$10.67B
$82.36
United States
Communication Services
36
ORLA
Orla Mng
+32.88%
$3.54B
$9.44
Canada
Basic Materials
37
AMPY
Amplify Energy Corp
+32.73%
$199.82M
$4.82
United States
Energy
38
BBAR
Banco Bbva Argentina S.A.
+32.68%
$2.87B
$14.05
Argentina
Financial Services
39
VINP
Vinci Compass Investments Ltd
+32.60%
$625.00M
$9.52
Brazil
Financial Services
40
RNGR
Ranger Energy Se
+32.23%
$400.88M
$17.13
United States
Energy
41
GOGO
Gogo Inc
+31.98%
$363.16M
$2.68
United States
Communication Services
42
RBLX
Roblox Corp
+31.92%
$27.41B
$38.37
United States
Communication Services
43
AR
Antero Resources Corp
+31.87%
$11.66B
$37.94
United States
Energy
44
HDSN
Hudson Tech
+31.78%
$236.96M
$5.63
United States
Basic Materials
45
OWL
Blue Owl Capital Inc
+31.00%
$28.50B
$11.67
United States
Financial Services
46
NUVB
Nuvation Bio Inc
+30.82%
$2.43B
$6.93
United States
Healthcare
47
IMAB
I-Mab
+30.53%
$318.48M
$3.90
United States
Healthcare
48
TH
Target Hospitality Corp
+30.07%
$1.78B
$17.85
United States
Industrials
49
UPST
Upstart Holdings, Inc.
+29.79%
$2.95B
$30.30
United States
Financial Services
50
CRCT
Cricut, Inc.
+29.64%
$1.17B
$5.59
United States
Technology
51
XYF
X Financial
+28.96%
$207.60M
$5.39
China
Financial Services
52
EZPW
Ezcorp Inc
+28.95%
$1.98B
$32.22
United States
Financial Services
53
GLBE
Global-E Online Ltd.
+28.86%†
$6.81B
$40.55
Israel
Consumer Cyclical
54
III
Information Svrs
+28.79%
$238.68M
$4.93
United States
Technology
55
JYNT
Joint Corp
+28.63%
$119.37M
$8.44
United States
Healthcare
56
BRFS
BRF SA
+28.39%
$6.09B
$3.80
Brazil
Consumer Defensive
57
BWAY
Brainsway Ltd.
+28.19%
$592.39M
$14.74
Israel
Healthcare
58
EXK
Endeavour Sil
+27.62%
$3.15B
$10.62
Canada
Basic Materials
59
HAYW
Hayward Hldgs Inc
+27.48%
$3.09B
$14.58
United States
Industrials
60
OII
Oceaneering Intl
+27.30%
$5.28B
$53.00
United States
Energy
61
CIVI
Civitas Solns
+27.18%
$2.34B
$27.38
United States
Energy
62
MODG
Topgolf Callaway Brands
+27.09%
$2.70B
$14.68
United States
Consumer Cyclical
63
LQDT
Liquidity Svcs Inc
+26.98%
$1.36B
$43.27
United States
Consumer Cyclical
64
OGI
Organigram Global Inc
+26.88%
$176.26M
$1.25
Canada
Healthcare
65
TRUE
Truecar Inc
+26.82%
$225.91M
$2.54
United States
Communication Services
66
BVS
Bioventus Inc.
+26.55%
$982.23M
$14.38
United States
Healthcare
67
LEGN
Legend Biotech Corp
+26.35%
$4.24B
$21.82
United States
Healthcare
68
FLNG
Flex Lng
+26.33%
$1.73B
$32.03
Bermuda
Energy
69
UXIN
Uxin Ltd.
+26.28%
$263.98M
$1.20
China
Consumer Cyclical
70
GRVY
Gravity
+26.18%
$494.55M
$71.17
South Korea
Communication Services
71
CRBP
Corbus Pharmaceu
+26.16%
$200.76M
$10.38
United States
Healthcare
72
LNW
Light & Wonder
+26.03%
$7.42B
$88.43
United States
Consumer Cyclical
73
ABEV
Ambev
+25.82%
$44.41B
$2.88
Brazil
Consumer Defensive
74
CLAR
Clarus Corp
+25.81%
$142.05M
$3.71
United States
Consumer Cyclical
75
slsr
Solaris Resources Inc.
+25.45%
$1.49B
$8.90
Switzerland
Basic Materials
76
NEWT
NewtekOne, Inc.
+25.43%
$361.93M
$12.53
United States
Financial Services
77
SAVA
Cassava Sciences
+25.42%
$114.97M
$2.38
United States
Healthcare
78
ATLC
Atlanticus Holdings Corp
+25.39%
$1.46B
$96.09
United States
Financial Services
79
XPEL
Xpel Inc
+25.17%
$1.42B
$51.34
United States
Consumer Cyclical
80
IDR
Idaho Strategic Resources
+25.00%
$517.04M
$32.67
United States
Basic Materials
81
YPF
Ypf Sa
+25.00%
$20.07B
$51.18
Argentina
Energy
82
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
+24.95%
$2.08B
$32.29
United States
Healthcare
83
BOTJ
Bank Of The James Finl Gp Inc
+24.87%
$122.99M
$27.07
United States
Financial Services
84
GDEN
Golden Entrtnmnt
+24.75%
$753.69M
$28.55
United States
Consumer Cyclical
85
LBRT
Liberty Energy Inc
+24.36%
$3.16B
$19.36
United States
Energy
86
TILE
Interface Inc
+24.26%
$2.25B
$38.94
United States
Consumer Cyclical
87
EDRY
Eurodry Ltd
+24.15%
$134.30M
$46.85
Greece
Industrials
88
VSTM
Verastem
+24.04%
$623.98M
$6.89
United States
Healthcare
89
HBB
Hamilton Beach B
+24.02%
$442.25M
$32.90
United States
Consumer Cyclical
90
BMA
Banco Macro
+23.98%
$4.66B
$72.84
Argentina
Financial Services
91
CHCI
Comstock Hldg Cos Inc
+23.88%
$187.95M
$18.28
United States
Real Estate
92
APP
Applovin Corp
+23.73%
$102.72B
$305.77
United States
Communication Services
93
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health Inc
+23.69%
$7.88B
$33.78
United States
Healthcare
94
PAX
Patria Investments Ltd
+23.43%
$1.85B
$11.46
Cayman Islands
Financial Services
95
WRLD
World Accep Corporation
+23.31%
$877.94M
$188.27
United States
Financial Services
96
PDS
Precision Drilng
+23.29%
$1.18B
$91.69
Canada
Energy
97
PDLB
PONCE FINANCIAL GROUP INC
+23.24%
$493.92M
$20.42
United States
Financial Services
98
NGD
New Gold
+23.12%
$7.21B
$9.08
Canada
Basic Materials
99
SOFI
Sofi Technologies Inc
+23.09%
$24.42B
$18.91
United States
Financial Services
100
SKYT
Skywater Technology Inc
+22.95%
$1.60B
$32.46
United States
Technology
Top gain on this page +109.75% JILL
Rows on this page 100 ranks 1–100
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Period May 2021 closed

Best performing large-cap stocks in May 2021

HL Hecla Mining Company +39.97% $13.92B
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. +36.01% $12.59B
GSAT Globalstar, Inc. +33.33% $10.67B
RBLX Roblox Corporation +31.92% $27.41B
AR Antero Resources Corporation +31.87% $11.66B

May 2021 Stock Market Momentum

This page answers a current-month trend question with data: which US-listed stocks have shown the strongest price gains so far in May 2021. The ranking is based on observed market performance, not analyst ratings, price targets, or investment recommendations.

Use the list to research momentum, market breadth, sector strength, and catalysts behind large moves. Before acting on any stock, review the company's news, SEC filings, liquidity, volatility, and your own risk constraints.

Looking for a specific Symbol?
#1 JILL leads with +110% May 2021

Among the 3,193 NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American stocks currently eligible for this ranking, JILL (J Jill) has the highest gain in May 2021 with +110%. Following are TGLS (+81%) and ARQ (+66%). Top performing sectors: Basic Materials (+42% avg, 4 in top 10), Industrials (+42% avg, 3 in top 10), Consumer Cyclical (+35% avg, 2 in top 10).

MARKET LEADERS
52-WEEK LEADER
SNDK +3312%
SanDisk Corp
2021 YTD LEADER
LWLG +1418%
Lightwave Logic Inc
MAY 2021 LEADER
JILL +110%
J Jill
52-Week Top 5 Full List →
1 SNDK +3311.9% 2 MGRT +2754.7% 3 AXTI +2390.8% 4 ERAS +1008.8% 5 NUAI +899.0%
2021 YTD Top 5 Full List →
1 LWLG +1418.4% 2 AEHR +899.2% 3 EP +814.5% 4 GME +760.2% 5 PECO +536.2%
May 2021 Top 5 Full List →
1 JILL +109.8% 2 TGLS +80.5% 3 ARQ +66.5% 4 WRN +63.8% 5 NFGC +63.5%
Quick Access: 52-Week 2021 YTD May 2021 Market Cap Dividends

This ranking shows the top performing stocks and biggest stock gainers during May 2021, calculated from the first to the last trading day of the month. It shows which stocks are going up this month, with split-adjusted data used for consistent performance calculations.

Monthly performance rankings can reveal price strength, sustained momentum, sector rotation, and event-driven moves that are not visible in one-day movers lists. The table is informational only and does not recommend any stock to buy, sell, or hold.

† Return measured from the start of the stock's current trading history (a recent listing or relisting), not from the start of the month.
Gains are computed on split-adjusted closes, so a split inside the month does not read as a move. This ranking is informational and is not investment advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q Which stock has gained the most in May 2021?
A

JILL (J Jill) has the highest monthly gain in this ranking for May 2021, with a gain of 110%. Top performers this month include JILL, TGLS, ARQ.

Q What stocks gained the most in May 2021?
A

The biggest gainers in May 2021 were: JILL (+110%), TGLS (+81%), ARQ (+66%), WRN (+64%), NFGC (+64%). These monthly rankings show which stocks had the strongest short-term momentum.

Q Does this page recommend the best stocks to buy now?
A

No. This page is an informational ranking of stocks that have already gone up during May 2021. It does not make buy, sell, or hold recommendations and should be used as a research starting point, not financial advice.

Q How can this ranking help explain current stock market trends?
A

The ranking shows where price strength is concentrated during May 2021. Comparing the top gainers by sector, market cap, and recent catalysts can help identify momentum themes and market rotation without implying that any listed stock is a recommendation.

Q Which companies does this ranking include?
A

3,193 companies with a market capitalization above $100 million traded on NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American, each with at least one trading day inside May 2021. One close inside the month is enough to qualify, so a company that listed during the month is ranked on the part of it that it traded.

Q Which sectors performed best in May 2021?
A

The top performing sectors in May 2021 included Consumer Cyclical, Basic Materials, Industrials, based on the stocks with highest monthly gains. JILL led the Consumer Cyclical sector.

Q How is monthly stock performance calculated?
A

Monthly stock performance is calculated by comparing the closing price on the last trading day of the month to the opening price on the first trading day. Split-adjusted prices ensure accuracy.

Q Where can I find today's top stock gainers and most active stocks?
A

This page ranks stocks by their full-month performance in May 2021. For today's top stock gainers, real-time stock movers, and the most active stocks right now, visit our Momentum Scanner, which tracks live intraday activity across US-listed symbols.

Understanding Monthly Stock Performance

Monthly performance rankings reveal short-term momentum patterns and help identify stocks experiencing rapid price movements:

  • Momentum Research: Stocks showing strong monthly performance can help identify where market attention and price strength are concentrated.
  • Sector Rotation: Monthly rankings can reveal which sectors are gaining favor with investors and where market leadership is shifting.
  • Event-Driven Moves: Earnings releases, product launches, and regulatory approvals often create significant monthly price movements.

Using Monthly Data Effectively

  • Combine Timeframes: Compare monthly gainers with 52-week and YTD performance to identify stocks with both short and long-term momentum.
  • Research the Catalyst: Investigate why top monthly performers moved significantly. The reason for the move matters as much as the percentage gain.
  • Watch for Reversals: Extreme monthly gains sometimes precede corrections, so treat the ranking as a research starting point rather than a buy list.

Evaluate Your Positions

Researching one of this month's top movers? Use our Stock Return Calculator to review historical performance, or the Position Size Calculator to model position sizing and risk before making your own decision.