best performing mega stocks from jan 2002 to jan 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2002 and January 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,127.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
1,127.54%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
610.5%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
464.29%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
416.83%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
279.11%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
217.55%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
210.81%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
191.28%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
184.8%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
150.77%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
148.85%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
132.47%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
127.8%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
126.98%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
126.82%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
89.02%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
88.68%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
88.63%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
82.73%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
81.82%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
81.41%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
66.64%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
66.6%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
64.13%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2002 - 1/31/2008
63.44%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.