best performing large stocks 1996 to 2000

NetApp (NTAP) had the highest return between 1996 and 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 2,467.6%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
NetApp (NTAP)
1996-2000
2,467.56%
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)
1996-2000
2,126.04%
Biogen (BIIB)
1996-2000
1,935.55%
Nokia (NOK)
1996-2000
1,773.18%
Waters (WAT)
1996-2000
1,766.21%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1996-2000
1,646.27%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1996-2000
1,508.5%
VeriSign (VRSN)
1996-2000
1,347.56%
NVR (NVR)
1996-2000
1,159.62%
ResMed (RMD)
1996-2000
1,126.91%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1996-2000
876.14%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1996-2000
871.39%
Pool (POOL)
1996-2000
866.19%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1996-2000
846.68%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1996-2000
824.16%
Oracle (ORCL)
1996-2000
817.77%
BCE (BCE)
1996-2000
804.74%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1996-2000
798.7%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1996-2000
761.01%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1996-2000
687.64%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1996-2000
683.72%
Paychex (PAYX)
1996-2000
667.34%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1996-2000
660.64%
Flex (FLEX)
1996-2000
659.98%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1996-2000
643.75%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.