best performing mega cap stocks in last 32 years

NVIDIA (NVDA) has had the highest return between August 18, 1994 and August 18, 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 561,022.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
561,022.19%
Amazon (AMZN)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
214,264.23%
Apple (AAPL)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
119,177.91%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
106,907.61%
Netflix (NFLX)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
65,661.25%
Amphenol (APH)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
65,092.67%
KLA (KLAC)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
36,642.86%
Broadcom (AVGO)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
33,315.36%
Lam Research (LRCX)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
32,540.97%
Tesla (TSLA)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
26,686.14%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
23,026.54%
Microsoft (MSFT)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
22,513.22%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
19,502.8%
Seagate Technology (STX)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
18,781.13%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
18,464.32%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
15,477.92%
Mastercard (MA)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
15,328.9%
Caterpillar (CAT)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
13,867.18%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
13,768.17%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
13,174.54%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
11,200.51%
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
10,354.89%
RTX (RTX)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
9,542.81%
Micron Technology (MU)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
9,445.8%
Oracle (ORCL)
8/18/1994 - 8/18/2026
9,312.1%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.