best performing mega cap stocks 2001 to 2019

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2019 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 31,660.1%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2019
31,660.14%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2019
27,880.8%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2019
11,584.84%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2019
7,783.19%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2019
4,544.81%
Salesforce (CRM)
2001-2019
4,237.14%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2019
2,575.95%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2001-2019
2,206.65%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2001-2019
2,186.86%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2019
2,134.66%
Tesla (TSLA)
2001-2019
2,101.67%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2019
1,307.93%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2001-2019
1,271.78%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2019
1,243.77%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2019
1,226.38%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2019
1,012.08%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2019
997.35%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2019
905.51%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2001-2019
851.86%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2019
842.25%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2019
840.25%
Home Depot (HD)
2001-2019
607.53%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
2001-2019
585.84%
Walt Disney (DIS)
2001-2019
552.83%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2001-2019
469.98%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.