best performing mega cap stocks 2001 to 2015

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2015 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 10,542.3%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2015
10,542.27%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2015
9,794.46%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2015
4,174%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2015
2,403.41%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2015
1,454.35%
Tesla (TSLA)
2001-2015
1,163.18%
Amphenol (APH)
2001-2015
1,031.43%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2001-2015
854.67%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2015
740.13%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2015
537.6%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2015
518.97%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2015
471.6%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2001-2015
450.72%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2015
446.02%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2015
443.16%
BHP (BHP)
2001-2015
413.49%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2015
408.5%
Seagate Technology (STX)
2001-2015
335.59%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2015
329.38%
Home Depot (HD)
2001-2015
290.36%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2015
284.77%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2015
274.77%
TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE)
2001-2015
271.67%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2015
260.38%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2015
251.58%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.