best mega cap performing stocks january 2000 to august 2002

UnitedHealth (UNH) had the highest return between January 1, 2000 and August 31, 2002 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 233.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
233.11%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
75.71%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
54.22%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
37.78%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
37.44%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
33.7%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
30.12%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
21.98%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
21.07%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
19.43%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
15.54%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
15.45%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-2.78%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-5.08%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-6.86%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-8.14%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-8.87%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-10.49%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-10.71%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-12.53%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-14.41%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-16.69%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-17.54%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-19.02%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002
-20.77%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.