best performing mega cap stocks 2003 to 2023

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2003 and 2023 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 88,487.5%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2003-2023
88,487.46%
Netflix (NFLX)
2003-2023
57,450.83%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2003-2023
53,933.19%
Tesla (TSLA)
2003-2023
19,516.33%
Amazon (AMZN)
2003-2023
15,735.33%
Mastercard (MA)
2003-2023
11,413.41%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2003-2023
10,343.68%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2003-2023
9,159.74%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2003-2023
8,967.67%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2003-2023
8,132.47%
Salesforce (CRM)
2003-2023
6,917.04%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2003-2023
5,481.42%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2003-2023
3,412.04%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2003-2023
3,360.13%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2003-2023
3,101.41%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2003-2023
3,019.9%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2003-2023
2,637.08%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2003-2023
2,221.72%
Home Depot (HD)
2003-2023
2,210.26%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2003-2023
2,147.1%
LIN TV (LIN)
2003-2023
2,011.36%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2003-2023
1,981.24%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2003-2023
1,854.11%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
2003-2023
1,599.46%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
2003-2023
1,534.1%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.