best performance mega stock between december 1999 and december 2002

UnitedHealth (UNH) had the highest return between December 1, 1999 and December 31, 2002 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 225.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
UnitedHealth (UNH)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
225.54%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
78.66%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
56.57%
Bank of America (BAC)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
37.15%
LIN TV (LIN)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
36.79%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
32.78%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
29.57%
PepsiCo (PEP)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
28.51%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
27.63%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
13.53%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
11.58%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
10.76%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
8.36%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
7.9%
Amgen (AMGN)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
7.42%
Citigroup (C)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
6.69%
Caterpillar (CAT)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-1.01%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-5.37%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-6.41%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-7.21%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-8.58%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-15.56%
Chevron (CVX)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-17.52%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-18.49%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
12/1/1999 - 12/31/2002
-20.38%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.