best mega cap performing stocks september 2002 to may 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between September 1, 2002 and May 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,505.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
2,505.2%
Mastercard (MA)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
671.14%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
670.34%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
485.75%
Amazon (AMZN)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
454.86%
Salesforce (CRM)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
382.07%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
372.82%
Netflix (NFLX)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
363.17%
Caterpillar (CAT)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
299.89%
LIN TV (LIN)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
282.86%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
245.05%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
236.68%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
225.66%
Chevron (CVX)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
218.21%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
192.99%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
190.87%
McDonald’s (MCD)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
185.17%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
164.76%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
157.55%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
143.97%
Oracle (ORCL)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
140.17%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
130.76%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
124.07%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
123.87%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
9/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
108.32%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.