best performance mega stock between april 2003 and december 2007

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between April 1, 2003 and December 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,689.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
2,689.12%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
675.92%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
591.43%
Mastercard (MA)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
436.89%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
355.11%
McDonald’s (MCD)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
347.86%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
326.05%
Salesforce (CRM)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
317.94%
Amazon (AMZN)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
262.58%
LIN TV (LIN)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
237.87%
Chevron (CVX)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
235.71%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
227.49%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
193.92%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
182.74%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
178.56%
AT&T (T)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
176.4%
Netflix (NFLX)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
159.71%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
154.43%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
150.68%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
139.75%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
137.25%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
119.2%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
118.55%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
115.76%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
4/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
113.97%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.