best performing mega cap stocks in last 30 years

NVIDIA (NVDA) has had the highest return between July 2, 1996 and July 2, 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 492,618.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
492,618.2%
Amazon (AMZN)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
198,177.28%
Apple (AAPL)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
183,887.5%
Netflix (NFLX)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
64,078.2%
Amphenol (APH)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
58,438.41%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
56,608.92%
Lam Research (LRCX)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
53,629.74%
KLA (KLAC)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
44,510.36%
Tesla (TSLA)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
33,475.43%
Broadcom (AVGO)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
31,349.25%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
23,145.13%
Seagate Technology (STX)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
17,270.32%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
14,461.98%
Mastercard (MA)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
14,212.25%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
13,197.33%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
11,178.91%
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
10,111.33%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
9,863.65%
Caterpillar (CAT)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
9,441.96%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
8,680.16%
Microsoft (MSFT)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
8,159.82%
Micron Technology (MU)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
8,002.86%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
7,696.47%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
7,668.06%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
7/2/1996 - 7/2/2026
7,663.78%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.