best large stocks january 2008 to august 2008

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) had the highest return between January 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008 by a large-cap US stock, returning 118.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
118.57%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
72.08%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
58.84%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
58.01%
Gartner (IT)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
51.43%
Norfolk Southern (NSC)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
50.73%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
48.74%
CSX (CSX)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
48.19%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
48.03%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
46.56%
Saia (SAIA)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
45.73%
Coherent (COHR)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
44.49%
Watsco (WSO)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
44.42%
EMCOR (EME)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
44.12%
Illumina (ILMN)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
44.01%
Celestica (CLS)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
43.84%
MasTec (MTZ)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
39.53%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
39.15%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
39.03%
Genesis Healthcare (GEN)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
38.48%
Centrais Electricas Brasileiras (EBR)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
38.39%
NetEase (NTES)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
37.42%
CF Industries (CF)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
37%
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
35.59%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/2008 - 8/31/2008
34.87%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.