best large cap stocks aug 1997 to dec 1999

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between August 1, 1997 and December 31, 1999 by a large-cap US stock, returning 5,242,533.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
5,242,533.33%
FirstEnergy (FE)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
27,379.13%
VeriSign (VRSN)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,625.67%
Amazon (AMZN)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,147.7%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,006.38%
Viavi Solutions (VIAV)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,770.28%
Best Buy (BBY)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,446.15%
NetApp (NTAP)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,436.46%
MicroStrategy (MSTR)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,192.31%
IES (IESC)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,150.77%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,012.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
993.59%
Nokia (NOK)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
811.46%
Infosys Ltd ADR (INFY)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
783.28%
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
629.35%
Biogen (BIIB)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
621.1%
Intuit (INTU)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
615.68%
eBay (EBAY)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
601.95%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
505.88%
Celestica (CLS)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
497.98%
Flex (FLEX)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
488%
Apple (AAPL)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
483.4%
Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
407.24%
Copart (CPRT)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
378.95%
Oracle (ORCL)
8/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
361.58%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.