best performing mega cap stocks 2000s

Gilead Sciences (GILD) had the highest return in the 2000s by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,112%.

ASSETDECADE% RETURN
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
2000s
1,111.96%
Apple (AAPL)
2000s
703.74%
Netflix (NFLX)
2000s
580.8%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2000s
575.65%
Mastercard (MA)
2000s
542.75%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2000s
519.98%
Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG)
2000s
519.95%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2000s
374.56%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2000s
361.78%
LIN TV (LIN)
2000s
276.47%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2000s
269.57%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2000s
202.59%
RTX (RTX)
2000s
156.48%
Chevron (CVX)
2000s
148.91%
ExxonMobil (XOM)
2000s
113.25%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2000s
94.74%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
2000s
88.8%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
2000s
80.05%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
2000s
79.13%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
2000s
76.83%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
2000s
70.23%
Amazon (AMZN)
2000s
65.06%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
2000s
53.96%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2000s
48.48%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2000s
40.2%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.