what is the most performance mega cap stock between january 1 2004 and january 1 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2004 and January 1, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,738.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
1,738.54%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
591.4%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
436.88%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
332.98%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
317.94%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
236.56%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
158.04%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
147.95%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
147.34%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
144.17%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
97.49%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
94.49%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
75.59%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
70.41%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
68.24%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
68.07%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
63.69%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
59.68%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
52.63%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
50.17%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
47.32%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
44.87%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
40.92%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
35.38%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
33.68%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.