50 best performing in sandp in jan 1997

Lam Research (LRCX) had the highest return in January 1997 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 42.9%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Lam Research (LRCX)
January 1997
42.93%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
January 1997
39.13%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
January 1997
37.63%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
January 1997
35.75%
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
January 1997
35.71%
Caesars Entertainment (CZR)
January 1997
34.48%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
January 1997
31.81%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)
January 1997
29.77%
Incyte (INCY)
January 1997
29.44%
AES (AES)
January 1997
28.73%
Copart (CPRT)
January 1997
28.57%
Teradyne (TER)
January 1997
27.98%
Western Digital (WDC)
January 1997
27.75%
Intel (INTC)
January 1997
23.19%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
January 1997
22.73%
Microsoft (MSFT)
January 1997
22.71%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
January 1997
22.46%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
January 1997
22.33%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
January 1997
22.24%
Steel Dynamics (STLD)
January 1997
21.57%
Hologic (HOLX)
January 1997
20.81%
US Bancorp (USB)
January 1997
20.73%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
January 1997
20.49%
Halliburton (HAL)
January 1997
20.12%
Starbucks (SBUX)
January 1997
19.65%