Jabil Circuit (JBL) had the highest return between 1996 and 1997 by a large-cap US stock, returning 583.9%.

ASSET	YEARS	% RETURN
Jabil Circuit (JBL)	1996-1997	583.9%
Cooper Companies, Inc Common Stock (COO)	1996-1997	444.98%
Heico (HEI)	1996-1997	354.54%
Ross Stores (ROST)	1996-1997	334.89%
Nice Ltd ADR (NICE)	1996-1997	320%
Telefonica SA ADR (TEF)	1996-1997	309.57%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)	1996-1997	299.36%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)	1996-1997	292.72%
TJX Companies (TJX)	1996-1997	275.59%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)	1996-1997	269.28%
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA)	1996-1997	253.59%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)	1996-1997	250.04%
Incyte (INCY)	1996-1997	239.62%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)	1996-1997	235.47%
US Bancorp (USB)	1996-1997	230.06%
Canadian National Railway (CNI)	1996-1997	220.23%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)	1996-1997	219.13%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)	1996-1997	218.44%
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV ADR (KOF)	1996-1997	213.34%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)	1996-1997	208.82%
CVS Health (CVS)	1996-1997	198.66%
Qiagen (QGEN)	1996-1997	195.04%
Microsoft (MSFT)	1996-1997	194.17%
Costco Wholesale (COST)	1996-1997	192.63%
T Rowe Price (TROW)	1996-1997	188.66%

Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.