best performing mega cap stocks 2001 to 2016

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2016 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 11,870.5%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2016
11,870.5%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2016
10,609.34%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2016
4,641.81%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2016
2,576.32%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2016
1,984.74%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2016
1,483.2%
Amphenol (APH)
2001-2016
1,369.47%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2001-2016
1,080.4%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2016
1,062.81%
Tesla (TSLA)
2001-2016
1,024.65%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2016
634.24%
BHP (BHP)
2001-2016
628.36%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2016
627.38%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2016
619.78%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2016
510.18%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2016
470.93%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2001-2016
458.27%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2016
409.91%
Seagate Technology (STX)
2001-2016
394%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2016
392.1%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2016
387.89%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2016
380.47%
TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE)
2001-2016
368.13%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2016
314.72%
Home Depot (HD)
2001-2016
304.21%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.