Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2000 and 2009 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 703.7%.

best performing mega cap stocks 2000 to 2009
ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL) 2000-2009 703.71%
Netflix (NFLX) 2000-2009 580.56%
Mastercard (MA) 2000-2009 542.75%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) 2000-2009 519.92%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO) 2000-2009 472.49%
Salesforce (CRM) 2000-2009 391.8%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 2000-2009 374.94%
UnitedHealth (UNH) 2000-2009 361.77%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 2000-2009 338.39%
LIN TV (LIN) 2000-2009 276.48%
Chevron (CVX) 2000-2009 148.91%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 2000-2009 120.26%
Exxon Mobil (XOM) 2000-2009 113.25%
PepsiCo (PEP) 2000-2009 106.97%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS) 2000-2009 96.12%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 2000-2009 80.05%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 2000-2009 76.83%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 2000-2009 70.24%
Amazon (AMZN) 2000-2009 65.06%
Coca-Cola (KO) 2000-2009 55.95%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN) 2000-2009 55.12%
Visa Inc Class A (V) 2000-2009 48.48%
Procter & Gamble (PG) 2000-2009 39.12%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL) 2000-2009 38.78%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 2000-2009 38.04%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.

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