best sandp stock from 15 dec 1997 to 31 dec 1997

NetApp (NTAP) had the highest return between December 15, 1997 and December 31, 1997 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 33.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NetApp (NTAP)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
33.65%
United Rentals (URI)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
33.19%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
31.2%
Incyte (INCY)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
28.57%
Texas Pacific Land (TPL)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
25.8%
Paychex (PAYX)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
25.78%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
23.06%
IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
21.43%
Intuit (INTU)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
20%
Omnicom (OMC)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
20%
Constellation Brands Inc Class A (STZ)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
19.73%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
18.21%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
17.86%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
17.33%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
16.25%
Micron Technology (MU)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
15.92%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
15.82%
Universal Health Services (UHS)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
14.49%
Teradyne (TER)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
14.29%
Capital One Financial (COF)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
14.23%
Lam Research (LRCX)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
13.6%
Ametek (AME)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
13.38%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
13.34%
Coherent (COHR)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
12.94%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
12/15/1997 - 12/31/1997
12.55%