best performing stocks in the large cap from 1998 to 2009

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1998 and 2009 by a large-cap US stock, returning 16,843,400%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1998-2009
16,843,400%
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1998-2009
9,928,700%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
1998-2009
1,161,476.47%
Natwest (NWG)
1998-2009
590,100%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1998-2009
16,742.11%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1998-2009
10,779.62%
Apple (AAPL)
1998-2009
6,083.97%
Banco Bradesco SA ADR (BBD)
1998-2009
4,055.2%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1998-2009
3,432.24%
NVR (NVR)
1998-2009
3,148.96%
Southern Copper (SCCO)
1998-2009
2,604.97%
Amazon (AMZN)
1998-2009
2,590.4%
Ambev SA ADR (ABEV)
1998-2009
2,204.12%
Vale SA ADR (VALE)
1998-2009
2,194.21%
Sterling Construction (STRL)
1998-2009
1,946.18%
Altria (MO)
1998-2009
1,892.73%
BlackRock (BLK)
1998-2009
1,739.28%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1998-2009
1,710.05%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1998-2009
1,610.57%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
1998-2009
1,585.8%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1998-2009
1,529.33%
Tenaris SA ADR (TS)
1998-2009
1,470.66%
Alamos Gold (AGI)
1998-2009
1,434.69%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
1998-2009
1,433.77%
BHP (BHP)
1998-2009
1,409.33%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.