best performing sandp 500 stocks 1997 through 1999

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between 1997 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,625.7%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1997-1999
3,625.67%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-1999
3,479.15%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1997-1999
3,175.06%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-1999
3,022.48%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-1999
1,791.84%
NetApp (NTAP)
1997-1999
1,190.28%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1997-1999
1,012.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-1999
992.93%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-1999
727.38%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1997-1999
658.44%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1997-1999
657.66%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1997-1999
606.27%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-1999
601.96%
Copart (CPRT)
1997-1999
550%
Home Depot (HD)
1997-1999
521.57%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1997-1999
512.66%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1997-1999
511.42%
Oracle (ORCL)
1997-1999
498.56%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1997-1999
474.28%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
1997-1999
471.14%
Intuit (INTU)
1997-1999
461.92%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1997-1999
461.8%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1997-1999
452.12%
Teradyne (TER)
1997-1999
447.15%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1997-1999
443.13%