Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return between November 1, 1996 and October 31, 1998 by a mega-cap US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 764.3%.
| ASSET | DATE | % RETURN |
|---|---|---|
Amazon (AMZN) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 764.32% |
Microsoft (MSFT) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 208.56% |
Costco Wholesale (COST) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 185.54% |
Texas Instruments (TXN) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 169.53% |
Walmart (WMT) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 161.84% |
Applied Materials (AMAT) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 161.79% |
Home Depot (HD) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 140.5% |
Eli Lilly and (LLY) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 134.66% |
International Business Machines (IBM) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 134.37% |
Morgan Stanley (MS) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 129.2% |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 126.8% |
American Express (AXP) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 91.86% |
Merck (MRK) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 88.5% |
GE Aerospace (GE) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 86.47% |
Procter & Gamble (PG) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 83.21% |
Wells Fargo (WFC) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 77.16% |
Citigroup (C) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 77.07% |
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 68.44% |
Intel (INTC) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 62.75% |
Exxon Mobil (XOM) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 61.41% |
Apple (AAPL) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 58.82% |
McDonald’s (MCD) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 52.6% |
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 52.16% |
KLA (KLAC) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 50.51% |
Micron Technology (MU) | 11/1/1996 - 10/31/1998 | 49.75% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.
