best mega cap performing stocks 2001-2005

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2005 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 866.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2005
866.5%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2005
314.82%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2005
305%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2005
234.29%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2005
198.15%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2005
169.43%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2005
160.97%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2005
152.13%
Bank of America (BAC)
2001-2005
147.45%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2005
121.49%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2001-2005
116.64%
Salesforce (CRM)
2001-2005
113.67%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
2001-2005
74.85%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2001-2005
69.08%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2001-2005
64.73%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2005
57.91%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2001-2005
55.1%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2001-2005
44.35%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2001-2005
43.47%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
2001-2005
37.75%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2005
35.3%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
2001-2005
32.62%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
2001-2005
28.91%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2001-2005
27.6%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2005
25.79%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.