Momentum Rankings · All Sectors · Updated 29 Aug 2026
We screened 480+ NSE-listed stocks and ranked the 100 strongest by price return past year. Refreshed on a rolling basis.
Median return (ranked 100)
+53.8%
Average return (ranked 100)
+70.1%
Top 100 closed in green
100 / 100
Stocks screened
480+
Ather Energy Ltd. led the field with a +275.7% return — nearly 3.9× the group average of 70.1%.
All 100 stocks on this board closed higher over the period — expected of a table ranked by return, and worth reading as "the leaders all rose", not as market breadth.
The podium — Ather Energy Ltd., HFCL Ltd. and Aditya Infotech Ltd. — averaged +240.8% between them, 171 points clear of the group's 70.1%.
33 of the 100 ranked stocks beat the group average of 70.1% — the rest made up the long tail of the table.
The average return (70.1%) ran ahead of the median (53.8%) — gains were pulled up by a handful of standouts rather than spread evenly.
The gap between #1 (Ather Energy Ltd.) and #2 (HFCL Ltd.) was over 15 points — an unusually wide runaway win.
Ranked by price change between the first and last close of the past year — no estimates, and dividends excluded. Short-window rankings show momentum, not long-term compounding, so CAGR is only shown on horizons of a year or more. Full definitions and the limitations we know about are on our Methodology page.
Ather Energy Ltd. led with a +275.7% price move over the year, ahead of HFCL Ltd. at +260.7%. This ranks percentage price change only — it is not a recommendation to buy.
The average move across the ranked set was +70.1% and the median +53.8%. The average sitting above the median means a handful of standouts pulled it up, so the typical stock did less well than the headline suggests.
All 100 stocks in this ranking closed higher over the year — a clean sweep, which is uncommon.
Returns ran from +275.7% at the top down to +35.0% across the 100 stocks ranked on this page. That spread — not the average — is what an investor holding a single stock actually experiences.
Not on its own. A short-window ranking measures momentum — how far a price moved recently — not the multi-year compounding that builds wealth. Open any stock's Investment Journey to see how it performed over one to twenty years before drawing a conclusion.
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Rankings reflect historical price movement only and are not investment advice. Data updates on a rolling basis; prices may be delayed.
ReturnScreener is an educational research platform and is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. These rankings are a record of price movement over a fixed past window — they are not a screen for quality, not a projection, and not a recommendation to buy anything on them. Short-window movement is the weakest of all the signals published on this site: it says nothing about a company's earnings, valuation or durability. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. See our methodology and disclaimer.