50 best performing mega cap stocks from january 2001 to january 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2001 and January 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,720.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
1,720.15%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
464.24%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
416.81%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
391.34%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
347.03%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
311.53%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
288.85%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
246.07%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
231.71%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
210.7%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
159.41%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
145.86%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
130.12%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
95.1%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
91.74%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
90.21%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
87.68%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
79.86%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
76.11%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
73.43%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
58.26%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
55%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
53.62%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
39.4%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2001 - 1/31/2008
37.63%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.