best performing mega cap in 2001-2005

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2005 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 866.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2005
866.82%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
2001-2005
403.64%
BHP (BHP)
2001-2005
368.5%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2005
314.86%
Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG)
2001-2005
314.84%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2005
305%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2005
234.43%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2005
198.19%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2005
182.18%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2005
169.41%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2005
160.97%
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
2001-2005
157.12%
Bank of America (BAC)
2001-2005
147.45%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2005
138.87%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2005
121.46%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2001-2005
116.64%
TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE)
2001-2005
105.42%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
2001-2005
74.84%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2001-2005
64.73%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2005
57.91%
RTX (RTX)
2001-2005
55.89%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
2001-2005
47.37%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2001-2005
45.84%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2001-2005
43.47%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
2001-2005
37.75%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.