performance mega cap sandp500 stocks may 1997 to apr 1999

Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return between May 1, 1997 and April 30, 1999 by a mega-cap US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,428.8%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
3,428.79%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
393.54%
Home Depot (HD)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
211.04%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
180.3%
Apple (AAPL)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
172.43%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
167.14%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
166.6%
International Business Machines (IBM)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
164.51%
Citigroup (C)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
107.39%
American Express (AXP)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
101.97%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
97.82%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
96.34%
GE Aerospace (GE)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
96.29%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
86.6%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
79.81%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
73.19%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
65.21%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
63.38%
Merck (MRK)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
61.4%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
60.28%
Chevron (CVX)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
55.01%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
54.04%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
52.7%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
48.99%
Caterpillar (CAT)
5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999
44.66%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.