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 1,738.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
1,738.71%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
591.43%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
436.89%
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
236.55%
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%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
141.51%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
125.32%
AT&T (T)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
104.25%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
97.49%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
94.49%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
82.2%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
82.15%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
75.59%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
74.06%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
72.27%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2004 - 1/1/2008
70.42%
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%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.