best performing stocks in the s and p 500 january 1997 to 1999

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,625.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,625.61%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,561.24%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,791.86%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,190.25%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
1,012.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
993.02%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
991.65%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
727.38%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
658.46%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
657.67%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
606.27%
eBay (EBAY)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
602.01%
Copart (CPRT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
550%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
521.56%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
512.64%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
511.43%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
498.57%
FactSet Research Systems (FDS)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
471.13%
Intuit (INTU)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
461.92%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
461.81%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
460.74%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
452.13%
Teradyne (TER)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
447.15%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999
386.74%