sandp 500 stock highest gains jan 1996 to dec 1999

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,625.6%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
3,625.63%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
3,269.73%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
2,411.97%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,561.22%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,194.14%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,136.81%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
1,012.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
993.16%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
962.9%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
955.02%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
784.67%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
776.14%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
674.56%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
631.14%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
602.03%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
563.16%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
560.41%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
559.11%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
547.41%
AES (AES)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
543.01%
ResMed (RMD)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
542.33%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
537.41%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
537.26%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1/1/1996 - 12/31/1999
528.99%