best performing large cap stocks from january 1996 to january 2000

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between January 1, 1996 and January 31, 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 3,048.8%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
3,048.78%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
2,548.15%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
2,385.52%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
2,076.38%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,907.55%
Nokia (NOK)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,873.91%
MicroStrategy (MSTR)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,609.23%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,330.52%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,255.02%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,222.81%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,075.4%
Telefonica SA ADR (TEF)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
1,005.72%
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
818.1%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
817.07%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
791.05%
Infosys Ltd ADR (INFY)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
769.49%
Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
768.3%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
764.07%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
741.46%
STMicroelectronics NV ADR (STM)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
732.35%
Incyte (INCY)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
728.3%
Waters (WAT)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
725.55%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
721.73%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
688.74%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ADR (ERIC)
1/1/1996 - 1/31/2000
657.3%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.