best performance mega stock between 1 september 1996 and april 1997

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had the highest return between September 1, 1996 and April 30, 1997 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 233.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
233.33%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
127.46%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
116.32%
Microsoft (MSFT)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
99.18%
Intel (INTC)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
93.75%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
63.93%
Micron Technology (MU)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
58.43%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
57.57%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
57.16%
American Express (AXP)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
55.72%
Bank of America (BAC)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
46.49%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
45.28%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
44.67%
International Business Machines (IBM)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
42.44%
Merck (MRK)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
41.24%
GE Aerospace (GE)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
37.01%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
36.45%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
36.38%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
36.01%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
31.25%
Caterpillar (CAT)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
30.16%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
29.47%
Coca-Cola (KO)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
28.15%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
27.2%
LIN TV (LIN)
9/1/1996 - 4/30/1997
27.13%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.