best sandp stock aug 1996 to dec 1999

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between August 1, 1996 and December 31, 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,625.6%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
3,625.63%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
3,277.79%
Amazon (AMZN)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
NetApp (NTAP)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
2,853.33%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
2,358.92%
Biogen (BIIB)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,188.51%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,012.2%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,009.27%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
993.16%
Best Buy (BBY)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
972.03%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
961.26%
Teradyne (TER)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
877.78%
Flex (FLEX)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
842.28%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
822.59%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
809.02%
Microsoft (MSFT)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
692.37%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
626.18%
Comcast (CMCSA)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
604.09%
eBay (EBAY)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
602.03%
Oracle (ORCL)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
544.46%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
528.66%
Home Depot (HD)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
519.87%
Genesis Healthcare (GEN)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
501.25%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
499.69%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
8/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
495.89%