best performing mega cap stocks 1999 to 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 1999 and 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 710.6%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1999-2008
710.55%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1999-2008
388.91%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1999-2008
361.1%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1999-2008
328.62%
LIN TV (LIN)
1999-2008
290.56%
Netflix (NFLX)
1999-2008
269.38%
Mastercard (MA)
1999-2008
257.64%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1999-2008
252.18%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1999-2008
224.28%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1999-2008
207.61%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1999-2008
158.34%
Chevron (CVX)
1999-2008
144.77%
Oracle (ORCL)
1999-2008
143.85%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1999-2008
131.31%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1999-2008
130.42%
Amgen (AMGN)
1999-2008
120.79%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1999-2008
108.27%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1999-2008
99.77%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1999-2008
96.51%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1999-2008
89.83%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1999-2008
73.8%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1999-2008
71.11%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1999-2008
68.18%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1999-2008
63.54%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1999-2008
59.58%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.