best performance large cap stock between 1996 and 2000

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1996 and 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 3,328,700%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1996-2000
3,328,700%
Booking (BKNG)
1996-2000
2,582,633.33%
NetApp (NTAP)
1996-2000
2,467.55%
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)
1996-2000
2,126.04%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1996-2000
2,091.48%
Biogen (BIIB)
1996-2000
1,935.55%
Nokia (NOK)
1996-2000
1,771.74%
Waters (WAT)
1996-2000
1,766.21%
Qiagen (QGEN)
1996-2000
1,685.42%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1996-2000
1,646.26%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1996-2000
1,508.56%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1996-2000
1,418.9%
VeriSign (VRSN)
1996-2000
1,347.58%
Dycom Industries (DY)
1996-2000
1,306.23%
NVR (NVR)
1996-2000
1,159.62%
ResMed (RMD)
1996-2000
1,126.93%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1996-2000
876.11%
AES (AES)
1996-2000
852.7%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1996-2000
846.66%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1996-2000
824.14%
Oracle (ORCL)
1996-2000
817.77%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1996-2000
798.64%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1996-2000
761.01%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1996-2000
687.64%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1996-2000
683.75%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.