best performing mega stocks july 2001 to june 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,316.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
1,316.74%
Mastercard (MA)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
563.38%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
426.37%
Amazon (AMZN)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
420.07%
Salesforce (CRM)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
354.87%
LIN TV (LIN)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
347.84%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
252.07%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
235.58%
Netflix (NFLX)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
222.06%
Caterpillar (CAT)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
211.18%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
195.8%
Chevron (CVX)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
175.45%
McDonald’s (MCD)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
137.74%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
132.57%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
120.21%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
115.67%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
88.79%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
88.42%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
78.24%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
77.04%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
76.17%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
74.43%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
73.99%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
70%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
7/1/2001 - 6/30/2008
61.06%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.