best performing mega cap stocks october 2008 to january 2012

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between October 1, 2008 and January 31, 2012 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 307.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
307.86%
Netflix (NFLX)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
296.31%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
170.88%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
151.88%
Salesforce (CRM)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
144.56%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
140.55%
Broadcom (AVGO)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
108.82%
Caterpillar (CAT)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
105.71%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
104.78%
Mastercard (MA)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
102.57%
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
93.97%
Micron Technology (MU)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
85.82%
Philip Morris International (PM)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
81.32%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
79.93%
International Business Machines (IBM)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
77.24%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
71.19%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
69.56%
LIN TV (LIN)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
60.22%
American Express (AXP)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
54.38%
Tesla (TSLA)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
53%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
47.47%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
47.22%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
43.22%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
43.09%
Merck (MRK)
10/1/2008 - 1/31/2012
42.34%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.