best performance mega cap between may 1999 and september 2001

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between May 1, 1999 and September 30, 2001 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 496%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
496.02%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
137.76%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
114.49%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
87.67%
Lam Research (LRCX)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
59.54%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
32.78%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
29.48%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
17.5%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
16.04%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
15.7%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
13.4%
Citigroup (C)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
11.66%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
9.53%
GE Aerospace (GE)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
9.19%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
8.9%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
5.7%
Micron Technology (MU)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
0.43%
Merck (MRK)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-0.63%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-2.69%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-2.73%
Home Depot (HD)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-2.99%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-4.53%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-4.9%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-6.19%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
5/1/1999 - 9/30/2001
-6.8%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.