best performing large stocks between 1997 to 2003

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1997 and 2003 by a large-cap US stock, returning 11,714,633.3%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1997-2003
11,714,633.33%
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1997-2003
5,789,900%
FirstEnergy (FE)
1997-2003
50,843.63%
Eldorado Gold (EGO)
1997-2003
38,069.58%
NVR (NVR)
1997-2003
3,484.62%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-2003
2,865.27%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-2003
2,637.08%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2003
2,058.33%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-2003
1,349.15%
Insmed (INSM)
1997-2003
1,219.77%
Lennar (LEN)
1997-2003
1,050.59%
IES (IESC)
1997-2003
1,049.78%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-2003
1,002.94%
Semtech (SMTC)
1997-2003
963.25%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1997-2003
874.79%
Genesis Healthcare (GEN)
1997-2003
851.77%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2003
841.94%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-2003
827.17%
Hudbay Minerals (HBM)
1997-2003
825.04%
Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (RYAAY)
1997-2003
821.08%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1997-2003
738.99%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1997-2003
695.3%
DR Horton (DHI)
1997-2003
675.11%
Tractor Supply (TSCO)
1997-2003
670.4%
ResMed (RMD)
1997-2003
655.26%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.