best sandp stock aug 1996 to dec 1997

FirstEnergy (FE) had the highest return between August 1, 1996 and December 31, 1997 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 33,418.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
FirstEnergy (FE)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
33,418.33%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
569.44%
Cooper Companies (COO)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
271.6%
NetApp (NTAP)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
215.56%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
196.26%
AES (AES)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
192.55%
Amphenol (APH)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
187.41%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
175.01%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
174.38%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
167.27%
Ross Stores (ROST)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
164.17%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
163.94%
Citigroup (C)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
159.82%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
159.55%
Invesco (IVZ)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
158.59%
Lennar (LEN)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
157.1%
McKesson (MCK)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
155.5%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
152.66%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
152.36%
US Bancorp (USB)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
150.97%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
145.09%
Northern Trust (NTRS)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
141.67%
PACCAR (PCAR)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
141.43%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
141.35%
Progressive (PGR)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1997
139.09%