best performing stocks in the sandp from 1996-1999

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between 1996 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,625.6%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1996-1999
3,625.58%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1996-1999
3,346.94%
Amazon (AMZN)
1996-1999
3,022.48%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1996-1999
2,411.96%
NetApp (NTAP)
1996-1999
1,561.26%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1996-1999
1,194.13%
Best Buy (BBY)
1996-1999
1,136.82%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1996-1999
1,012.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1996-1999
993.29%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1996-1999
962.89%
Biogen (BIIB)
1996-1999
955.02%
Oracle (ORCL)
1996-1999
784.71%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1996-1999
776.09%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1996-1999
674.57%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1996-1999
631.14%
eBay (EBAY)
1996-1999
602.01%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1996-1999
563.17%
Home Depot (HD)
1996-1999
560.42%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1996-1999
556.61%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1996-1999
548.19%
AES (AES)
1996-1999
543.01%
ResMed (RMD)
1996-1999
542.32%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1996-1999
537.43%
Walmart (WMT)
1996-1999
537.26%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1996-1999
528.99%