Shoe Carnival (SCVL) had the highest return between 2008 and 2009 by a US stock when the return was < 45%, returning 44.8%.

ASSET	YEARS	% RETURN
Shoe Carnival (SCVL)	2008-2009	44.77%
First of Long Island (FLIC)	2008-2009	44.7%
Super Micro Computer (SMCI)	2008-2009	44.42%
Ferguson (FERG)	2008-2009	43.8%
INNOVATE (VATE)	2008-2009	43.75%
Prosperity Bancshares (PB)	2008-2009	43.55%
FutureFuel (FF)	2008-2009	43.29%
Helen of Troy (HELE)	2008-2009	43.21%
Kingstone Companies (KINS)	2008-2009	43.1%
Ultrapar Participacoes SA ADR (UGP)	2008-2009	42.93%
First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)	2008-2009	42.16%
American Shared Hospital Service (AMS)	2008-2009	41.83%
ArcBest (ARCB)	2008-2009	41.39%
Descartes Systems (DSGX)	2008-2009	41.19%
Amazon (AMZN)	2008-2009	41.08%
Banco Santander Chile (BSAC)	2008-2009	41.06%
German American Bancorp (GABC)	2008-2009	40.96%
Zivo Bioscience (ZIVO)	2008-2009	40.48%
Orion (ORN)	2008-2009	40.4%
Axos Financial (AX)	2008-2009	40.06%
Sono-Tek (SOTK)	2008-2009	40%
Cocrystal Pharma (COCP)	2008-2009	40%
Maywood Acquisition Corp Class A Ordinary Shares (MAYA)	2008-2009	40%
ATS (ATS)	2008-2009	39.95%
TransAct Technologies (TACT)	2008-2009	39.92%