best performance mega stock between december 2003 and october 2007

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between December 1, 2003 and October 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,705.4%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
1,705.44%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
606.94%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
394.51%
Mastercard (MA)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
373.79%
Salesforce (CRM)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
275.8%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
243.82%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
171.87%
Chevron (CVX)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
168.41%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
166.7%
LIN TV (LIN)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
153.37%
McDonald’s (MCD)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
145.16%
AT&T (T)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
129.79%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
119.13%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
99.26%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
93.57%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
82.21%
Oracle (ORCL)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
82.17%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
74.12%
Merck (MRK)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
65.74%
Microsoft (MSFT)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
64.81%
Amazon (AMZN)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
63.88%
Walt Disney (DIS)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
57.91%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
57.55%
American Express (AXP)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
57.2%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
12/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
57.08%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.