best performing sandp stocks 1997-2006

Monster Beverage (MNST) had the highest return between 1997 and 2006 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 20,537.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1997-2006
20,537.5%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-2006
9,159.57%
NVR (NVR)
1997-2006
4,861.54%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-2006
4,190.28%
Pool (POOL)
1997-2006
2,219.42%
Altria (MO)
1997-2006
2,002.82%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2006
1,998.72%
ResMed (RMD)
1997-2006
1,689.77%
Tapestry (TPR)
1997-2006
1,618.37%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-2006
1,522.36%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2006
1,518.54%
Apple (AAPL)
1997-2006
1,506.88%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1997-2006
1,380.46%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1997-2006
1,343.55%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1997-2006
1,310.22%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1997-2006
1,306.29%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-2006
1,248.94%
CME (CME)
1997-2006
1,248.04%
Copart (CPRT)
1997-2006
1,242.86%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1997-2006
1,223.9%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
1997-2006
1,204.65%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
1997-2006
1,164.45%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-2006
1,142.71%
NetApp (NTAP)
1997-2006
1,120.33%
Moodys (MCO)
1997-2006
1,069.72%