best performing mega cap stocks 2008 to 2012

Netflix (NFLX) had the highest return between 2008 and 2012 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 248.6%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Netflix (NFLX)
2008-2012
248.6%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2008-2012
173.33%
Apple (AAPL)
2008-2012
169.43%
Salesforce (CRM)
2008-2012
166.61%
Home Depot (HD)
2008-2012
166.47%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2008-2012
163.17%
Amazon (AMZN)
2008-2012
163.1%
Mastercard (MA)
2008-2012
128.56%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2008-2012
110.59%
Philip Morris International (PM)
2008-2012
103.99%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2008-2012
98.75%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2008-2012
98.16%
International Business Machines (IBM)
2008-2012
92.21%
Tesla (TSLA)
2008-2012
78.26%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2008-2012
73.43%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2008-2012
69.04%
Walt Disney (DIS)
2008-2012
65.08%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2008-2012
61.39%
Walmart (WMT)
2008-2012
61.12%
Oracle (ORCL)
2008-2012
53.25%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2008-2012
45.21%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
2008-2012
43.43%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
2008-2012
42.45%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2008-2012
42.05%
LIN TV (LIN)
2008-2012
37.38%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.