what is the most performance mega cap stock between january 1 2003 and january 1 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and January 1, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,658.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
2,658.67%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
750.38%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
591.4%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
436.88%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
382.75%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
379.21%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
349.25%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
317.94%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
304.37%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
246.38%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
231.03%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
227.32%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
198.03%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
179.39%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
163.22%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
156.14%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
115.39%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
108.27%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
106.48%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
106.4%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
104.65%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
104.49%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
95.7%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
94.91%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
1/1/2003 - 1/1/2008
89.96%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.