best performing sandp 500 stock 1997 to 1999

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between 1997 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,625.6%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1997-1999
3,625.61%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1997-1999
3,561.32%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1997-1999
3,175.18%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-1999
3,022.48%
Best Buy (BBY)
1997-1999
1,791.86%
NetApp (NTAP)
1997-1999
1,190.25%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1997-1999
1,012.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1997-1999
993.37%
Biogen (BIIB)
1997-1999
727.38%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1997-1999
658.44%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1997-1999
657.67%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1997-1999
606.26%
eBay (EBAY)
1997-1999
602.01%
Copart (CPRT)
1997-1999
550%
Home Depot (HD)
1997-1999
521.56%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1997-1999
512.65%
Walmart (WMT)
1997-1999
511.29%
Oracle (ORCL)
1997-1999
498.55%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
1997-1999
471.14%
Intuit (INTU)
1997-1999
461.92%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1997-1999
461.81%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1997-1999
459.54%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1997-1999
452.13%
Teradyne (TER)
1997-1999
447.15%
Apple (AAPL)
1997-1999
386.78%