what is the most performance mega cap stock between january 9 2004 and july 23 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 9, 2004 and July 23, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,331.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
1,331.18%
Mastercard (MA)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
577.44%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
389.16%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
330.6%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
234.37%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
167.18%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
161.36%
Chevron (CVX)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
120.72%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
118.73%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
77.01%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
62.6%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
52.81%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
48.74%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
45.54%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
44.24%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
42.8%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
41.73%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
40.98%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
39.68%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
39.19%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
38.35%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
31%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
30.44%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
27.42%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/9/2004 - 7/23/2008
23.48%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.