best performing mega cap stocks from november 2005 to december 2008

Mastercard (MA) had the highest return between November 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 257.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Mastercard (MA)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
257.64%
McDonald’s (MCD)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
109.7%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
106.89%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
51.18%
Apple (AAPL)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
49.1%
Chevron (CVX)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
42.94%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
40.94%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
34.06%
Amazon (AMZN)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
28.3%
Salesforce (CRM)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
28.04%
LIN TV (LIN)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
27.23%
Walmart (WMT)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
25.56%
Merck (MRK)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
21.32%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
16.77%
Coca-Cola (KO)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
16.05%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
15.23%
Netflix (NFLX)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
14.78%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
14.17%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
12.85%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
12.34%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
12.18%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
11.29%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
10.21%
International Business Machines (IBM)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
7.78%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
11/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
4.49%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.