best performing large cap stocks 1998-2006

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1998 and 2006 by a large-cap US stock, returning 18,609,800%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1998-2006
18,609,800%
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1998-2006
16,137,600%
Thomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares (TRI)
1998-2006
38,571.79%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1998-2006
14,672.11%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1998-2006
9,163.1%
Expedia (EXPE)
1998-2006
5,090.46%
NVR (NVR)
1998-2006
2,848.57%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1998-2006
2,768.57%
Apple (AAPL)
1998-2006
2,389.9%
Sterling Infrastructure (STRL)
1998-2006
2,226.28%
HF Sinclair (DINO)
1998-2006
1,763.71%
Tapestry (TPR)
1998-2006
1,618.41%
Tenaris SA ADR (TS)
1998-2006
1,615.57%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1998-2006
1,579.2%
Logitech International (LOGI)
1998-2006
1,438.11%
Altria (MO)
1998-2006
1,388.61%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1998-2006
1,308.48%
ResMed (RMD)
1998-2006
1,293.87%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1998-2006
1,257.95%
eBay (EBAY)
1998-2006
1,248.89%
CME (CME)
1998-2006
1,248.04%
Infosys Ltd ADR (INFY)
1998-2006
1,217.01%
Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (RYAAY)
1998-2006
1,203.95%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1998-2006
1,183.15%
Rogers Communications (RCI)
1998-2006
1,157.98%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.