best performing large cap stocks in 1997-2002

Ovintiv (OVV) had the highest return between 1997 and 2002 by a large-cap US stock, returning 25,577,700%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Ovintiv (OVV)
1997-2002
25,577,700%
NVR (NVR)
1997-2002
2,411.54%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-2002
1,344.87%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-2002
1,263.63%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-2002
737.99%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1997-2002
682.13%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2002
674.82%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-2002
660.63%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1997-2002
658.66%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-2002
656.46%
Pool (POOL)
1997-2002
648.5%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1997-2002
646.62%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1997-2002
632.24%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1997-2002
608.51%
Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (RYAAY)
1997-2002
514.28%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1997-2002
485.8%
Genesis Healthcare (GEN)
1997-2002
458.71%
ResMed (RMD)
1997-2002
455.81%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2002
449.54%
Copart (CPRT)
1997-2002
428.57%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1997-2002
392.82%
Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX)
1997-2002
362.38%
Nokia (NOK)
1997-2002
355.04%
Walmart (WMT)
1997-2002
353.86%
Stryker (SYK)
1997-2002
352.23%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.