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 | 121.94% |
Netflix (NFLX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 114.78% |
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 110.16% |
Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 110.16% |
Royal Bank of Canada (RY) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 50.64% |
NVIDIA (NVDA) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 50.19% |
Gilead Sciences (GILD) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 47.92% |
UnitedHealth (UNH) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 42.57% |
BHP (BHP) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 40.9% |
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 38.4% |
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 35.17% |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 34.64% |
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 29.3% |
Texas Instruments (TXN) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 29.15% |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 25.14% |
ASML Holding NV New York Registry Shares (ASML) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 24.95% |
Lam Research (LRCX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 24.32% |
Goldman Sachs (GS) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 22.87% |
Amgen (AMGN) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 22.83% |
Caterpillar (CAT) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 22.45% |
LIN TV (LIN) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 21.2% |
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 14.56% |
ExxonMobil (XOM) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 12.31% |
Chevron (CVX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 11.65% |
RTX (RTX) | 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2005 | 10.31% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.