50 best performing mega cap stocks from january 2003 to january 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and January 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,785.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
1,785.88%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
514.72%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
464.24%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
416.81%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
363.6%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
324.44%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
304.9%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
267.79%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
246.07%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
201.14%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
194.35%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
191.97%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
174.84%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
149.45%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
145.91%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
144.06%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
124.19%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
119.76%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
94.76%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
88.02%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
87.84%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
87.2%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
86.88%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
80.58%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2008
69.72%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.