best performing stocks in the s and p 500 january 1997 to 2000

NetApp (NTAP) had the highest return between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,894.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
NetApp (NTAP)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
1,894.12%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
1,608.49%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
1,496.33%
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
1,347.56%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
1,309.5%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
1,013%
Waters (WAT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
999.58%
NVR (NVR)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
850.77%
Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
846.66%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
626.21%
ResMed (RMD)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
625.02%
Juniper Networks (JNPR)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
620.36%
Copart (CPRT)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
542.86%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
538.31%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
534.87%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
520.93%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
515.16%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
512.13%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
501.64%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
471.3%
Revvity (RVTY)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
459.73%
Capital One Financial (COF)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
457.48%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
448.82%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
447.65%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1997 - 12/31/2000
441.07%