Royal Gold (RGLD) had the highest return in May 2002 by a large-cap US stock, returning 74.1%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
Royal Gold (RGLD)	May 2002	74.12%
Kinross Gold (KGC)	May 2002	65.81%
Pan American Silver (PAAS)	May 2002	49.4%
ICICI Bank (IBN)	May 2002	46.54%
Hecla Mining (HL)	May 2002	46.34%
Coeur Mining (CDE)	May 2002	43.41%
Pegasystems (PEGA)	May 2002	37.57%
Cheniere Energy (LNG)	May 2002	29.18%
United Therapeutics (UTHR)	May 2002	27.8%
Harmony Gold Mining (HMY)	May 2002	24.63%
Gildan Activewear (GIL)	May 2002	22.91%
Charles River Laboratories (CRL)	May 2002	22.7%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)	May 2002	21.9%
Church & Dwight (CHD)	May 2002	21.84%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)	May 2002	21.38%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)	May 2002	19.44%
Teledyne Technologies (TDY)	May 2002	18.53%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)	May 2002	16.7%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI)	May 2002	16.08%
Viatris (VTRS)	May 2002	15.88%
POSCO (PKX)	May 2002	15.4%
Tower Semiconductor (TSEM)	May 2002	15%
Nomura Holdings Inc ADR (NMR)	May 2002	14.74%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)	May 2002	14.23%
British American Tobacco (BTI)	May 2002	13.9%

Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.