best performing mega cap stocks in the from 2003 to may 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and May 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,529.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
2,529.26%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
671.14%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
518.01%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
485.72%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
412.65%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
388.82%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
382.07%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
325.33%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
309.97%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
279.45%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
270.67%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
252.58%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
236.41%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
235.05%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
190.02%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
185.55%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
184.83%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
171.58%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
163.02%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
150.83%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
143.18%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
139.43%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
112.85%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
109.82%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2003 - 5/31/2008
108.78%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.