best performance mega cap between may 1999 and december 2001

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between May 1, 1999 and December 31, 2001 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,352%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
1,351.99%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
153.02%
Lam Research (LRCX)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
118.55%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
106.02%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
104.78%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
89.37%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
71.34%
Micron Technology (MU)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
65.33%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
58.1%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
49.04%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
42.87%
Citigroup (C)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
39.7%
PepsiCo (PEP)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
36.93%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
29.21%
Home Depot (HD)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
29.1%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
27.14%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
26.69%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
25.73%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
23.81%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
18.24%
GE Aerospace (GE)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
18.17%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
17.97%
International Business Machines (IBM)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
17.83%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
11.45%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
10.76%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.