best performance mega cap between may 1999 and december 2007

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between May 1, 1999 and December 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,115.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
2,115.63%
Apple (AAPL)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
1,619.85%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
734.51%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
622.76%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
591.4%
Mastercard (MA)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
436.88%
Salesforce (CRM)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
317.94%
LIN TV (LIN)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
290.97%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
236.86%
Netflix (NFLX)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
228.86%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
160.62%
Chevron (CVX)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
147.65%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
123.86%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
103.71%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
92.56%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
89.44%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
88.66%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
84.62%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
80.91%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
78.74%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
78.73%
Bank of America (BAC)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
65.02%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
64.74%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
59.67%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
5/1/1999 - 12/31/2007
57.87%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.