The Market's Biggest Winners

The S&P 500 has been a strong so far this year, rising by more than 12 percent. Often when this happens, the best-performing stocks tend to be the little-known ones, but 2019 has landed several big names at the top of the charts:

• Coty is up 88.6 percent through Friday; the beauty and cosmetics maker soared after the German conglomerate Jab Holding boosted its stake in the company.
• Anadarko Petroleum is up 61.8 percent, on the heels of Occidental Petroleum outbidding Chevron to buy the oil company for $38 billion. 
• Xerox  is up 58.4 percent, one of several software and chip stocks that have done well during this year’s market rally.
• Tyson Foods  is up 53.2 percent, as meat prices are expected to keep rising.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill  is up 50.5 percent year to date.