best performing mega cap stocks in last 30 years

NVIDIA (NVDA) has had the highest return between October 4, 1996 and October 4, 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 584,775%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
584,775%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
206,233.06%
Apple (AAPL)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
195,040.35%
ASML Holding NV New York Registry Shares (ASML)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
58,310.03%
Netflix (NFLX)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
57,910.38%
Amphenol (APH)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
57,110.53%
Lam Research (LRCX)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
47,895.86%
KLA (KLAC)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
37,502.69%
Broadcom (AVGO)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
30,196.88%
Tesla (TSLA)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
29,156.34%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
21,863.56%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
16,568.9%
Mastercard (MA)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
15,054.49%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
13,755.83%
Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
13,693.87%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
13,569.64%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
10,030.96%
Caterpillar (CAT)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
9,439.08%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
9,120.51%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
8,719.62%
Micron Technology (MU)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
7,534.92%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
7,499.43%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
7,384.02%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
7,144.6%
Analog Devices (ADI)
10/4/1996 - 10/4/2026
6,944.91%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.