performance mega stock between january 2006 and 10 july 2006

Caterpillar (CAT) had the highest return between January 1, 2006 and July 10, 2006 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 27.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
27.52%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
19.3%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
17.95%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
17.76%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
15.8%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
15.39%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
15.36%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
14.13%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
13.71%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
13.32%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
13.31%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
12.89%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
12.82%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
12.31%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
10.46%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
10.23%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
9.87%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
9.59%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
9.58%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
8.52%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
7.79%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
6.98%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
5.28%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
3.73%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2006 - 7/10/2006
3.52%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.