best performing mega cap stocks in last 30 years

NVIDIA (NVDA) has had the highest return between August 18, 1996 and August 18, 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 561,022.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
561,022.19%
Amazon (AMZN)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
214,264.23%
Apple (AAPL)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
182,559.89%
Netflix (NFLX)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
65,661.25%
Amphenol (APH)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
65,092.67%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
63,574.85%
Lam Research (LRCX)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
52,195.06%
KLA (KLAC)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
40,174.03%
Broadcom (AVGO)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
33,315.36%
Tesla (TSLA)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
26,686.14%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
23,487.13%
Seagate Technology (STX)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
18,781.13%
Mastercard (MA)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
15,328.9%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
13,800.23%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
13,768.17%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
10,489.68%
Caterpillar (CAT)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
10,436.22%
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
10,354.89%
Microsoft (MSFT)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
10,100.03%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
9,841.6%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
9,699.13%
Micron Technology (MU)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
8,730.15%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
8,444.03%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
8,072.34%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
8/18/1996 - 8/18/2026
7,610.48%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.