Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 121.9%.
| ASSET | DATE | % RETURN |
|---|---|---|
Apple (AAPL) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 121.95% |
Netflix (NFLX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 116.82% |
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 110.16% |
Salesforce (CRM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 95.31% |
NVIDIA (NVDA) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 50.22% |
UnitedHealth (UNH) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 42.57% |
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 38.4% |
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 36.87% |
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 29.3% |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 25.14% |
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 24.95% |
Goldman Sachs (GS) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 22.87% |
LIN TV (LIN) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 21.2% |
PepsiCo (PEP) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 15.17% |
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 13.11% |
Exxon Mobil (XOM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 12.31% |
Chevron (CVX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 11.65% |
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 10.18% |
McDonald’s (MCD) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 8.9% |
Novartis AG ADR (NVS) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 6.28% |
Procter & Gamble (PG) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 6.09% |
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 5.98% |
American Express (AXP) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 4.83% |
Amazon (AMZN) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 4.66% |
Merck (MRK) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 4.53% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.
