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

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between January 1, 1998 and July 31, 2001 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 965.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
965.56%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
932.25%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
928.08%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
842.19%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
785.01%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
718.96%
NVR (NVR)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
705.71%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
670.82%
ResMed (RMD)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
646.22%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
625.1%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
603.74%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
601.72%
Copart (CPRT)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
555.56%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
384.83%
Pool (POOL)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
371.61%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
363.98%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
324.65%
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
287.52%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
269.56%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
259.03%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
249.24%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
240.42%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
234.74%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
233.03%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1/1/1998 - 7/31/2001
232.27%