best performance mega stock between january 2003 and october 2007

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and October 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,544.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
2,544.85%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
784.41%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
606.94%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
373.79%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
364.56%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
360.64%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
346.71%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
299.58%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
286.56%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
280.29%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
278.94%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
275.8%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
218.79%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
217.85%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
191.48%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
179.87%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
165.35%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
152.18%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
146.41%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
135.94%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
135.51%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
132.17%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
124.25%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
123.57%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/2003 - 10/31/2007
120.69%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.