best mega cap stocks last 25 years list 100

Netflix (NFLX) has had the highest return between May 1, 2000 and May 1, 2025 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 97,917.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Netflix (NFLX)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
97,917.12%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
63,027.83%
Apple (AAPL)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
22,605.69%
Tesla (TSLA)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
22,045.73%
Broadcom (AVGO)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
16,541.09%
Mastercard (MA)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
14,786.84%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
7,300.72%
Salesforce (CRM)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
7,133.64%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
6,692.86%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
6,375.83%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
6,028.95%
LIN TV (LIN)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
3,105.67%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
2,654.58%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
2,494.4%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,925.86%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,800.63%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,670.7%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,488.51%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,428.37%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,355.6%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,288.04%
Facebook (META)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,267.2%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,243.58%
Palantir Technologies Inc Class A Common Stock (PLTR)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
1,062%
Home Depot (HD)
5/1/2000 - 5/1/2025
968.5%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.