best performance mega stock between january 1997 and december 1999

Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1999 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 3,022.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
819.2%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
657.67%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
606.27%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
521.57%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
511.42%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
498.55%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
461.8%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
386.85%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
377.47%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
347.41%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
294.9%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
261.39%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
227.38%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
223.45%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
204.97%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
186.44%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
163.71%
Intel (INTC)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
151.04%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
123.44%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
112.99%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
110.18%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
105.37%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
96.34%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
94.33%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.