best performance mega stock between july 1996 and july 1997

ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML) had the highest return between July 1, 1996 and July 31, 1997 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 284.6%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
284.57%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
198.78%
KLA (KLAC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
160.46%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
155.45%
Intel (INTC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
149.53%
Microsoft (MSFT)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
135.14%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
127.7%
Banco Santander SA ADR (SAN)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
126.45%
International Business Machines (IBM)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
115.38%
Citigroup (C)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
110.9%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
106.92%
Lam Research (LRCX)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
97.66%
American Express (AXP)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
90.48%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
89.75%
Micron Technology (MU)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
85.65%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
85.49%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
77.19%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
77.08%
Bank of America (BAC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
76.3%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
70.72%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
69.6%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
69.02%
Caterpillar (CAT)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
68.7%
GE Aerospace (GE)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
64.54%
Merck (MRK)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1997
62.18%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.