best performing mega cap in 1997-2001

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between 1997 and 2001 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,174.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1997-2001
1,174.75%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
1997-2001
431.13%
Walmart (WMT)
1997-2001
414.36%
Home Depot (HD)
1997-2001
364.48%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1997-2001
347.11%
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2001
343.81%
ASML Holding NV New York Registry Shares (ASML)
1997-2001
313.34%
Amgen (AMGN)
1997-2001
313.29%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1997-2001
259.9%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1997-2001
256.47%
Citigroup (C)
1997-2001
254.48%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1997-2001
251.52%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1997-2001
249.44%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1997-2001
224.27%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1997-2001
218.8%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1997-2001
215.4%
Oracle (ORCL)
1997-2001
195.05%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1997-2001
194.51%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1997-2001
161.33%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1997-2001
156.17%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1997-2001
153.1%
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
1997-2001
150.38%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1997-2001
146.57%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1997-2001
129.47%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1997-2001
127.48%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.