best performing stocks by year in 1990s

FirstEnergy (FE) had the best year in the 1990s by a US stock in 1997, returning 7,965,300%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
FirstEnergy (FE)
1997
7,965,300%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1998
5,638,950%
Algorhythm (RIME)
1994
3,054,467.67%
DXP Enterprises (DXPE)
1997
2,874,900%
Universal Insurance (UVE)
1994
1,084,300%
374Water Inc Common Stock (SCWO)
1996
957,107.21%
Good Times Restaurants (GTIM)
1992
749,900%
Inuvo (INUV)
1998
124,900%
Widepoint C (WYY)
1996
46,685.71%
Soluna (SLNH)
1999
19,126.17%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1993
8,043.04%
ACCESS Newswire (ACCS)
1999
7,740%
Argan (AGX)
1995
6,998.92%
Empire Petroleum (EP)
1999
5,660.57%
Live Ventures (LIVE)
1998
3,876.52%
Royal Gold (RGLD)
1992
3,230.11%
IES (IESC)
1998
2,665.68%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1999
2,587.08%
Cato (CATO)
1991
1,916.65%
Flexible Solutions International (FSI)
1999
1,868.63%
Precision Optics Corporation, Inc Common stock (POCI)
1999
1,844.81%
Genasys (GNSS)
1996
1,619.71%
Firefly Neuroscience (AIFF)
1996
1,475%
InterDigital (IDCC)
1999
1,438.44%
Soligenix (SNGX)
1996
1,300%