best performing stock 1996 market cap over 5 billion

MasTec (MTZ) had the highest return in 1996 by a US stock with a market cap of $5B+, returning 296.3%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
MasTec (MTZ)
1996
296.27%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1996
244.11%
Western Digital (WDC)
1996
218.18%
Telefonica SA ADR (TEF)
1996
204.29%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1996
197.16%
Pegasystems (PEGA)
1996
176.37%
Canadian National Railway (CNI)
1996
158.16%
TJX Companies (TJX)
1996
156.95%
Heico (HEI)
1996
153.73%
Coherent (COHR)
1996
145.61%
SPX (SPXC)
1996
144.76%
Watsco (WSO)
1996
144.31%
Comstock Resources (CRK)
1996
136.36%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1996
130.99%
Cooper Companies (COO)
1996
130.01%
Intel (INTC)
1996
128.78%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1996
127.71%
Sanmina (SANM)
1996
117.31%
ACI Worldwide (ACIW)
1996
103.05%
AES (AES)
1996
100%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1996
97.95%
T Rowe Price (TROW)
1996
97.61%
Pool (POOL)
1996
97.6%
Incyte (INCY)
1996
94.34%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
1996
90.63%