best performing large cap stocks from 1997 to 2004

NVR (NVR) had the highest return between 1997 and 2004 by a large-cap US stock, returning 5,818.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
NVR (NVR)
1997-2004
5,818.46%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
1997-2004
5,326.02%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-2004
4,980.8%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-2004
3,299.72%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1997-2004
2,688.97%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-2004
2,509.56%
Pool (POOL)
1997-2004
1,753.11%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2004
1,716.65%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-2004
1,684.86%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-2004
1,582.79%
Genesis Healthcare (GEN)
1997-2004
1,321.23%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1997-2004
1,183.37%
Copart (CPRT)
1997-2004
1,078.57%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1997-2004
1,064.76%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2004
1,030.92%
Tapestry (TPR)
1997-2004
1,028.03%
DR Horton (DHI)
1997-2004
995.7%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1997-2004
950.2%
NetApp (NTAP)
1997-2004
932.05%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1997-2004
911.53%
ResMed (RMD)
1997-2004
829.13%
Graco (GGG)
1997-2004
813.8%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
1997-2004
792.48%
East West Bancorp (EWBC)
1997-2004
782.77%
Starbucks (SBUX)
1997-2004
771.43%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.