best performing mega cap stocks 2001 to 2021

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2021 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 77,889.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2021
77,889.84%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2021
52,014.19%
Tesla (TSLA)
2001-2021
27,709.27%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2021
23,179.49%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2021
20,984.75%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2021
9,484.45%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2021
5,687.85%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2021
5,312.17%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2001-2021
5,129.49%
Amphenol (APH)
2001-2021
3,911.12%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2021
3,834.33%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2021
3,567.44%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2021
2,636.25%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2021
2,314.1%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2021
2,270.04%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2021
2,264.09%
KLA (KLAC)
2001-2021
2,239.61%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2021
1,925.26%
Marvell Technology (MRVL)
2001-2021
1,817.93%
Seagate Technology (STX)
2001-2021
1,773.89%
BHP (BHP)
2001-2021
1,596.81%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2001-2021
1,501.64%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2021
1,449.23%
Home Depot (HD)
2001-2021
1,305.07%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2021
1,270.23%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.