best performing mega cap stocks from 2001 to may 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2001 and May 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,437.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
2,437.53%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
671.12%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
485.75%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
416.12%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
387.04%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
382.07%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
349.01%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
309.98%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
285.25%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
276.98%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
275.05%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
196.91%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
138.47%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
123.4%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
105.41%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
103.19%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
100.49%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
98.11%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
89.55%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
88.32%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
86.02%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
85.69%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
79.96%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
79.55%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2001 - 5/31/2008
79.19%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.