best performing large cap stocks october 1997 to jul 2008

Ovintiv (OVV) had the highest return between October 1, 1997 and July 31, 2008 by a large-cap US stock, returning 31,338.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Ovintiv (OVV)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
31,338.74%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
10,032.98%
Gerdau SA ADR (GGB)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
9,794.99%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
6,637.32%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
3,802%
Sterling Infrastructure (STRL)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
3,208.21%
Banco Bradesco SA ADR (BBD)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
2,927.48%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
2,831.07%
Frontline (FRO)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
2,704.58%
Vale SA ADR (VALE)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
2,166.62%
Tenaris SA ADR (TS)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
2,024.69%
NVR (NVR)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
2,014.14%
Altria (MO)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,979.62%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,851.89%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,629.47%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,620.92%
BlackRock (BLK)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,565.72%
Southern Copper (SCCO)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,517.34%
Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA ADR (PBR)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,414.74%
Best Buy (BBY)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,414.69%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,410.71%
Copart (CPRT)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,393.08%
Deckers Outdoor (DECK)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,369.98%
Suncor Energy (SU)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,227.18%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
10/1/1997 - 7/31/2008
1,204.87%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.