best performing mega stocks from jan 2003 to dec 2007

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,659.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
2,659.23%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
751.2%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
591.38%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
436.9%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
382.75%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
379.22%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
349.53%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
304.37%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
293.72%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
246.38%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
231.03%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
229.87%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
229.79%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
227.32%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
226.93%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
198.03%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
183.44%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
179.39%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
167.75%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
163.22%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
156.13%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
134.64%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
123.82%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
115.39%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007
109.72%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.