best large cap stock between oct 1996 and apr 1998

FirstEnergy (FE) had the highest return between October 1, 1996 and April 30, 1998 by a large-cap US stock, returning 2,948,133.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
FirstEnergy (FE)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
2,948,133.33%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
605.44%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
391.94%
Heico (HEI)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
355.06%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
301.44%
NVR (NVR)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
269.33%
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
254.81%
Telefonica SA ADR (TEF)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
246.21%
Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
240.16%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
227.38%
Capital One Financial (COF)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
226.52%
Canadian National Railway (CNI)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
222.45%
Banco Santander SA ADR (SAN)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
217.82%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
213.62%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
210.69%
Best Buy (BBY)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
208.78%
Nokia (NOK)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
208.74%
McKesson (MCK)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
204.08%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
197.62%
Cooper Companies (COO)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
195.68%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
194.54%
Pfizer (PFE)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
190.23%
Graco (GGG)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
186.88%
Target (TGT)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
176.11%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/1/1996 - 4/30/1998
173.63%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.