best performing mega cap stocks january 2001 to february 2026

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between January 1, 2001 and February 28, 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 140,421.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
140,421.7%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
118,474.37%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
83,152.6%
Tesla (TSLA)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
31,676.27%
Broadcom (AVGO)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
27,009.19%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
26,458.75%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
18,321.51%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
14,044.57%
Amphenol (APH)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
13,806.89%
Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
12,497.14%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
12,451.12%
KLA (KLAC)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
8,564.05%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
7,762.21%
ASML Holding NV New York Registry Shares (ASML)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
6,861.35%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
5,910.56%
Arista Networks (ANET)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
3,766.09%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
3,687.42%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
3,561.55%
BHP (BHP)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
3,238.43%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
2,820.18%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
2,551.5%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
2,431.04%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
2,358.34%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
2,343.58%
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
1/1/2001 - 2/28/2026
2,182.35%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.