best performing mega cap stocks september 2001 to august 2018

Netflix (NFLX) had the highest return between September 1, 2001 and August 31, 2018 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 31,706.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Netflix (NFLX)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
31,706.23%
Amazon (AMZN)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
22,388.38%
Apple (AAPL)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
19,333.95%
Mastercard (MA)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
5,553.16%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
2,360.87%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
2,054.23%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
1,700.49%
Tesla (TSLA)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
1,487.65%
Broadcom (AVGO)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
1,412.12%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
1,103.18%
BHP (BHP)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
969.63%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
963.64%
LIN TV (LIN)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
833.45%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
817.46%
McDonald’s (MCD)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
748.21%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
739.33%
Caterpillar (CAT)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
689.99%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
679.74%
Lam Research (LRCX)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
558.88%
Home Depot (HD)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
526.03%
Microsoft (MSFT)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
498.99%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
458.29%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
396.17%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
376.53%
Chevron (CVX)
9/1/2001 - 8/31/2018
373.28%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.