best performing mega cap stocks 2001 to 2018

Netflix (NFLX) had the highest return between 2001 and 2018 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 23,054%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2018
23,053.98%
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2018
16,713.94%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2018
9,397.72%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2018
4,853.05%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2018
2,524.8%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2018
1,987.67%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2018
1,762.17%
Amphenol (APH)
2001-2018
1,704.69%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2001-2018
1,687.37%
Tesla (TSLA)
2001-2018
1,651.54%
BHP (BHP)
2001-2018
977.8%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2018
912.6%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2018
878.09%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2001-2018
857.11%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2018
811.29%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2018
780.5%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2018
684.11%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2018
605%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2018
595.43%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2018
590.12%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2018
565.36%
TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE)
2001-2018
480.15%
Seagate Technology (STX)
2001-2018
459.63%
Home Depot (HD)
2001-2018
441.92%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2018
379.56%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.