best performing large cap stocks 1997 to 2005

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1997 and 2005 by a large-cap US stock, returning 13,266,300%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1997-2005
13,266,300%
Booking (BKNG)
1997-2005
7,320,133.33%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1997-2005
11,972.79%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-2005
5,932.38%
NVR (NVR)
1997-2005
5,300%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-2005
3,666.56%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1997-2005
2,113.42%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-2005
1,838.74%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2005
1,833.96%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-2005
1,729.26%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2005
1,599.39%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1997-2005
1,411.78%
Lennar (LEN)
1997-2005
1,394.47%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1997-2005
1,294.72%
ResMed (RMD)
1997-2005
1,293.15%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1997-2005
1,292.39%
Apple (AAPL)
1997-2005
1,261.17%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1997-2005
1,255.76%
Sterling Construction (STRL)
1997-2005
1,249.53%
Tapestry (TPR)
1997-2005
1,233.62%
DR Horton (DHI)
1997-2005
1,208.28%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1997-2005
1,128.11%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
1997-2005
1,093.23%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-2005
1,043.93%
Logitech International (LOGI)
1997-2005
1,033.77%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.