NVIDIA (NVDA) has had the highest return between 1988 and 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 515,710.5%.
| ASSET | YEARS | % RETURN |
|---|---|---|
NVIDIA (NVDA) | 1988-2026 | 515,710.47% |
UnitedHealth (UNH) | 1988-2026 | 488,564.34% |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) | 1988-2026 | 240,764.98% |
Applied Materials (AMAT) | 1988-2026 | 240,370.85% |
Lam Research (LRCX) | 1988-2026 | 227,159.87% |
Amazon (AMZN) | 1988-2026 | 190,310.17% |
Microsoft (MSFT) | 1988-2026 | 164,923.78% |
Apple (AAPL) | 1988-2026 | 113,365.08% |
KLA (KLAC) | 1988-2026 | 112,537.77% |
Costco Wholesale (COST) | 1988-2026 | 105,804.41% |
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML) | 1988-2026 | 99,621.34% |
Home Depot (HD) | 1988-2026 | 97,691.48% |
Amgen (AMGN) | 1988-2026 | 85,930.66% |
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO) | 1988-2026 | 81,866.39% |
Oracle (ORCL) | 1988-2026 | 80,821.89% |
Micron Technology (MU) | 1988-2026 | 65,201.71% |
Netflix (NFLX) | 1988-2026 | 60,531.49% |
Eli Lilly and (LLY) | 1988-2026 | 33,881.99% |
Broadcom (AVGO) | 1988-2026 | 32,420.44% |
Tesla (TSLA) | 1988-2026 | 24,612.24% |
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | 1988-2026 | 23,550.79% |
RTX (RTX) | 1988-2026 | 20,910.07% |
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 1988-2026 | 19,631.3% |
Caterpillar (CAT) | 1988-2026 | 19,051.6% |
Intel (INTC) | 1988-2026 | 18,970.44% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.