50 best performing mega cap stocks from january 2002 to january 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2002 and January 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,127.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
1,127.7%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
610.5%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
464.24%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
416.81%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
246.07%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
238.1%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
217.55%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
210.7%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
191.28%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
150.88%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
132.47%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
127.81%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
126.98%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
89.02%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
88.67%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
82.73%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
81.82%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
81.41%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
63.44%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
59.38%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
56.79%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
53.85%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
47%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
45.88%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
44.69%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.