best mega cap performing stocks october 2002 to july 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between October 1, 2002 and July 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,078.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
2,078.86%
Netflix (NFLX)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
522.06%
Mastercard (MA)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
510.32%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
456.77%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
434.86%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
373.71%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
370.36%
Salesforce (CRM)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
325.27%
LIN TV (LIN)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
301.67%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
297.88%
Caterpillar (CAT)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
295.05%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
282.23%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
258.43%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
237.88%
Chevron (CVX)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
192.37%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
191.68%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
182.57%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
174.97%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
166.61%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
146.4%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
135.87%
International Business Machines (IBM)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
129.94%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
114.45%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
113.31%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
10/1/2002 - 7/31/2008
110.11%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.