best performing large cap stocks between jan 2008 and dec 2008

Dollar Tree (DLTR) had the highest return between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008 by a large-cap US stock, returning 60.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
60.88%
Royal Gold (RGLD)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
58.98%
Stifel Financial (SF)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
31.53%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
30.67%
YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
25.89%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
25.37%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
23.93%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
23.54%
Fidelity National Financial (FNF)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
22.16%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
20.31%
Edwards Lifesciences (EW)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
20.19%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
18.1%
NetEase (NTES)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
16.32%
AutoZone (AZO)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
16.13%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
15.83%
MasTec (MTZ)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
14.43%
Franco-Nevada (FNV)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
14.36%
Alamos Gold (AGI)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
14.24%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
13.37%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
12.9%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
12.54%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
11.27%
General Mills (GIS)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
9.76%
Watsco (WSO)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
9.59%
Aecom Technology (ACM)
1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
8.2%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.