performance sandp500 stocks public jan 1996 to 1998

Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1998 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,096.1%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
2,096.14%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
1,181.68%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
1,036.1%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
655.43%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
617.95%
ResMed (RMD)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
598.11%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
542.56%
TJX Companies (TJX)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
537.09%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
531.3%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
483.92%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
460.61%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
456.42%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
399.16%
Waters (WAT)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
387.51%
NVR (NVR)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
385.99%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
374.01%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
373.36%
Target (TGT)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
351.24%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
350.93%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
348.42%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
338.78%
CVS Health (CVS)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
334.5%
Intel (INTC)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
315.54%
Pfizer (PFE)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
315.03%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1998
314.61%