best performance mega stock between january 2000 and december 2007

UnitedHealth (UNH) had the highest return between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 779.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
779.66%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
764.63%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
655.48%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
591.4%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
436.88%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
435.96%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
317.94%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
298.62%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
228.86%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
182.04%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
172.07%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
159.51%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
152.41%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
128.42%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
118.52%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
87.73%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
80.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
68.56%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
65.45%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
62.37%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
60.77%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
58.86%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
28.67%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
25.77%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/2000 - 12/31/2007
21.01%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.