best performing large cap stocks january 1997 to february 2000

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between January 1, 1997 and February 29, 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 5,361,566.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
5,361,566.67%
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
4,836.61%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
2,832.07%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
2,794.49%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
2,725.1%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
2,665.61%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,956.45%
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,786.11%
MicroStrategy (MSTR)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,611.54%
Semtech (SMTC)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,359.87%
Nokia (NOK)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,356.77%
Infosys Ltd ADR (INFY)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,346.7%
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,285.69%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
1,086.32%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
991.29%
Incyte (INCY)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
972.75%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
953.7%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
935.34%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
919.86%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
834.93%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
778.05%
Flex (FLEX)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
773.5%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
704.03%
Onto Innovation (ONTO)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
694.81%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1997 - 2/29/2000
693.18%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.