50 best mega cap stocks in the sandp january 2003 to march 2013

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between January 1, 2003 and March 31, 2013 by a mega-cap US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 6,154.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
6,154.59%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
3,094.33%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
1,288.69%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
1,269.36%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
1,092.21%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
706.66%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
694.12%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
396.97%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
364.7%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
344.63%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
285.57%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
269.51%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
263.74%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
224.75%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
224.47%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
213.14%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
206.5%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
195.49%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
187.53%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
181.51%
AT&T (T)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
168.7%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
149.61%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
149.45%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
142.07%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
1/1/2003 - 3/31/2013
140.07%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.