
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%.
| ASSET | DATE | % RETURN |
|---|---|---|
Amazon (AMZN) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 3,428.79% |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 393.54% |
Walmart (WMT) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 232.43% |
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 | 172.41% |
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% |
Texas Instruments (TXN) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 131.07% |
Citigroup (C) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 107.08% |
American Express (AXP) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 101.97% |
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 97.81% |
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 | 79.82% |
Eli Lilly and (LLY) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 73.19% |
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 65.21% |
Merck (MRK) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 61.4% |
McDonald’s (MCD) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 60.28% |
Intel (INTC) | 5/1/1997 - 4/30/1999 | 59.98% |
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% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.