best performing mega cap stocks by year 20056

Amazon (AMZN) had the best year by a mega-cap US stock in 1998, returning 970.8%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
1998
970.84%
Tesla (TSLA)
2020
731.18%
Sandisk (SNDK)
2025
577.07%
Sandisk (SNDK)
2026
535.73%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1999
515.49%
Home Depot (HD)
1982
397.64%
Netflix (NFLX)
2003
361.7%
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
2024
346.19%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2009
342.01%
Tesla (TSLA)
2013
329.81%
Crowdstrike (CRWD)
2020
323.39%
BHP (BHP)
1984
320.75%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2016
309.39%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001
305.4%
Micron Technology (MU)
2009
298.49%
Dell Technologies (DELL)
2026
286.84%
Netflix (NFLX)
2013
286.71%
Oracle (ORCL)
1999
285.32%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1999
281.72%
Amgen (AMGN)
1991
266.54%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1991
258.98%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1999
251.35%
Micron Technology (MU)
2025
236.96%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2016
233.74%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2023
233.61%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.