50 best performing stocks in the sandp july 1997 to dec 2001

Best Buy (BBY) had the highest return between July 1, 1997 and December 31, 2001 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,919.8%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Best Buy (BBY)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
1,919.78%
Biogen (BIIB)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
1,614.34%
NVR (NVR)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
1,237.7%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
1,174.56%
Caesars Entertainment (CZR)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
1,090.65%
NetApp (NTAP)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
833.15%
ResMed (RMD)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
817.72%
Copart (CPRT)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
794.12%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
728.47%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
719.75%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
686.79%
eBay (EBAY)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
650.3%
VeriSign (VRSN)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
642.24%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
617.1%
Amazon (AMZN)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
601.69%
Pool (POOL)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
561.76%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
501.65%
Intuit (INTU)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
458.02%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
408.06%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
391.32%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
382.4%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
362.12%
Waters (WAT)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
333.57%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
333.35%
Capital One Financial (COF)
7/1/1997 - 12/31/2001
332.61%