best performing stocks in the sandp from 1996 to 2005

Monster Beverage (MNST) had the highest return between 1996 and 2005 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 20,950%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1996-2005
20,950%
NVR (NVR)
1996-2005
7,054.14%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1996-2005
5,931.23%
Expedia (EXPE)
1996-2005
5,826.94%
Pool (POOL)
1996-2005
4,055.19%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1996-2005
2,452.33%
Best Buy (BBY)
1996-2005
2,362.92%
ResMed (RMD)
1996-2005
2,257.68%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1996-2005
2,208.84%
Altria (MO)
1996-2005
2,188.65%
eBay (EBAY)
1996-2005
1,838.76%
Amazon (AMZN)
1996-2005
1,833.96%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1996-2005
1,602.26%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1996-2005
1,583.65%
Lennar (LEN)
1996-2005
1,525.58%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1996-2005
1,359.13%
Biogen (BIIB)
1996-2005
1,358.67%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1996-2005
1,292.38%
Cooper Companies (COO)
1996-2005
1,285.38%
Tapestry (TPR)
1996-2005
1,233.6%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1996-2005
1,224.66%
DR Horton (DHI)
1996-2005
1,206.61%
Moodys (MCO)
1996-2005
1,157.02%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
1996-2005
1,113.23%
Starbucks (SBUX)
1996-2005
1,043.25%