Top 10 S&P 500 stocks by Momentum score

By Vlad from Bastion on July 18, 2026

🛢️ Valero Energy 100 $VLO 🛢️ Marathon Petroleum 100 $MPC 💻 Palo Alto 99 $PANW 🛢️ Targa Resources 99 $TRGP 🏢 Welltower 99 $WELL 🛢️ Phillips 66 99 $PSX 💻 CrowdStrike 99 $CRWD 🏦 BNY Mellon 99 $BNY 💻 Fortinet 98 $FTNT 🏥 DaVita 98 $DVA

Oil refiners Valero and Marathon beat the market on every horizon after the 3-2-1 crack spread (the margin refiners earn turning crude into gasoline and diesel) hit a record high this week.

The driver is a global fuel shortage: Russia banned most diesel exports after drone strikes on its refineries, and the Iran war and tension around the Strait of Hormuz are choking Middle East supply.