best large cap stock from jan 2006 to 2008

First Solar (FSLR) had the highest return between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008 by a large-cap US stock, returning 463.1%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
First Solar (FSLR)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
463.1%
Illumina (ILMN)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
265.62%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
257.64%
Booking (BKNG)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
229.97%
CF Industries (CF)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
225.66%
Deckers Outdoor (DECK)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
180.34%
Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
168.05%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
157.13%
Credicorp (BAP)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
140.52%
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
125.86%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
123.77%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
120.74%
Baidu (BIDU)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
103.22%
Kinross Gold (KGC)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
96.59%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
96.13%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
96.12%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
92.98%
Ambev SA ADR (ABEV)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
90.03%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
88.81%
Southern Copper (SCCO)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
85.4%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
84.69%
Stifel Financial (SF)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
81.94%
Waste Connections (WCN)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
76.37%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
73.93%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008
72.63%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.