best mega stocks 1 jan 2000 to 2008

BHP (BHP) had the highest return between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 432.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
BHP (BHP)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
432.28%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
302.4%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
269.38%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
257.63%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
256.61%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
225.53%
Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
207.64%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
207.62%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
172.04%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
164.02%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
144.01%
TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
143.54%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
130.34%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
127.14%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
105%
RTX (RTX)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
92.19%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
90.94%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
76.11%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
72.19%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
65.25%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
52.99%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
38.57%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
27.27%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
20.75%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2008
2.57%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.