50 best performing mega stocks from jan 2003 to jan 2009

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and January 31, 2009 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,155.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
1,155.5%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
510.28%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
309.65%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
297.72%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
240.06%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
238.48%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
206.51%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
154.86%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
148.1%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
98.91%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
85.74%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
85.72%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
85.03%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
84.07%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
77.4%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
76.56%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
71.67%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
66.98%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
66.98%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
66.26%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
53.84%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
45.49%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
44.16%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
43.59%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2003 - 1/31/2009
36.12%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.