best performing stocks in sandp 1996 to 2016

Monster Beverage (MNST) had the highest return between 1996 and 2016 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 284,130.8%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1996-2016
284,130.77%
Amazon (AMZN)
1996-2016
30,657.59%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1996-2016
26,795.42%
NVR (NVR)
1996-2016
16,908.92%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1996-2016
14,748.2%
Pool (POOL)
1996-2016
13,933.74%
Apple (AAPL)
1996-2016
10,941.61%
Netflix (NFLX)
1996-2016
10,605.64%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1996-2016
9,982.8%
Biogen (BIIB)
1996-2016
9,035.36%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
1996-2016
8,585.55%
ResMed (RMD)
1996-2016
8,241.37%
TJX Companies (TJX)
1996-2016
7,835.78%
O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
1996-2016
7,646.58%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1996-2016
7,372.2%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1996-2016
6,456.11%
Tractor Supply (TSCO)
1996-2016
6,186.65%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1996-2016
5,100.9%
Cooper Companies (COO)
1996-2016
4,676.45%
Amphenol (APH)
1996-2016
4,588.66%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1996-2016
4,549.4%
Starbucks (SBUX)
1996-2016
4,232.99%
Danaher (DHR)
1996-2016
4,227.27%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
1996-2016
4,225.56%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
1996-2016
4,055.67%