best performing stocks in the s and p 500 january 1998 to december 2001

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2001 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,174.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
1,174.56%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
1,103.13%
NVR (NVR)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
832.57%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
823.97%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
749.88%
Copart (CPRT)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
744.44%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
724.43%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
719.62%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
706.53%
ResMed (RMD)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
663.49%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
650.28%
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
642.24%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
399.9%
Pool (POOL)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
394.11%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
341.51%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
321.14%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
317.59%
Waters (WAT)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
310.6%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
302.45%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
296.23%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
285.64%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
270.32%
Revvity (RVTY)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
256.74%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
245.98%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1/1/1998 - 12/31/2001
243.64%