best performing mega cap stocks 2001 to 2012

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2012 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 7,118%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2012
7,117.96%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2012
1,486.38%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2012
1,142.49%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2012
1,043.82%
Salesforce (CRM)
2001-2012
1,020.69%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2001-2012
1,001.12%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2012
607.32%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2012
519.83%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2012
446.73%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2012
365.43%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2012
277.94%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2012
269.08%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2001-2012
246.27%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2012
191.3%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2001-2012
184.48%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2012
171.67%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2001-2012
165.61%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2012
165.07%
International Business Machines (IBM)
2001-2012
164.35%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2001-2012
163.17%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2001-2012
159.27%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2001-2012
134.03%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2012
124.27%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
2001-2012
115.36%
Walt Disney (DIS)
2001-2012
104.31%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.