best performing large cap stocks from august 1991 to 1996

Royal Gold (RGLD) had the highest return between August 1, 1991 and December 31, 1996 by a large-cap US stock, returning 3,791.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Royal Gold (RGLD)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
3,791.65%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
2,484.99%
Oracle (ORCL)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,987.38%
Coherent (COHR)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,900.19%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,740.05%
Western Digital (WDC)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,585.13%
Microchip Technology (MCHP)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,439.19%
PTC (PTC)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,329.56%
Paychex (PAYX)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,155.94%
Gartner (IT)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,109.7%
STERIS (STE)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,100.01%
Micron Technology (MU)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
1,010.36%
Intel (INTC)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
969.31%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
925.65%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
922.31%
IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
857.45%
Watsco (WSO)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
846.16%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
804.67%
Analog Devices (ADI)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
796.71%
Watsco (WSO.B)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
785.05%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
761.35%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
723.62%
Fastenal (FAST)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
636.24%
MasTec (MTZ)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
618.64%
Kinross Gold (KGC)
8/1/1991 - 12/31/1996
612.51%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.