best large cap stock between mar 1997 and apr 1999

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between March 1, 1997 and April 30, 1999 by a large-cap US stock, returning 31,680%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
31,679.96%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
3,428.79%
Best Buy (BBY)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
1,959.28%
eBay (EBAY)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
1,067.02%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
591.49%
Dycom Industries (DY)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
523.01%
VeriSign (VRSN)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
460.98%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
451.86%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
438.46%
Nokia (NOK)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
423.15%
NetApp (NTAP)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
412.74%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
376.45%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
367.68%
Capital One Financial (COF)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
344.29%
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
343%
CoStar (CSGP)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
335.42%
Flex (FLEX)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
317.32%
Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
294.44%
Intuit (INTU)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
282.78%
NVR (NVR)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
270.19%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
265.14%
Comcast (CMCSA)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
264.36%
Walmart (WMT)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
255.43%
Waters (WAT)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
250.42%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
235.31%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.