best performing large stocks 1997-2001

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1997 and 2001 by a large-cap US stock, returning 3,219,625%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1997-2001
3,219,625%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-2001
2,703.97%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-2001
1,641.4%
NVR (NVR)
1997-2001
1,469.23%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1997-2001
1,174.56%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1997-2001
1,132.82%
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)
1997-2001
1,006.76%
Copart (CPRT)
1997-2001
985.71%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-2001
949.76%
ResMed (RMD)
1997-2001
880.33%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1997-2001
856.14%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1997-2001
730.48%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-2001
719.62%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-2001
650.28%
VeriSign (VRSN)
1997-2001
642.24%
Nokia (NOK)
1997-2001
612.11%
Pool (POOL)
1997-2001
603.64%
Flex (FLEX)
1997-2001
588.48%
NetApp (NTAP)
1997-2001
579.45%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1997-2001
556.45%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1997-2001
504.31%
Qiagen (QGEN)
1997-2001
479.42%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1997-2001
462.4%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2001
431.06%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
1997-2001
429.12%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.