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
866.79%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2005
314.8%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2005
305%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2005
234.43%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2005
198.15%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2005
169.42%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2005
160.97%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2005
152.13%
Bank of America (BAC)
2001-2005
147.45%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2005
138.86%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2005
121.67%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2001-2005
116.64%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
2001-2005
74.84%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2001-2005
69.09%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2001-2005
64.73%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2005
57.91%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2001-2005
55.88%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
2001-2005
47.37%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2001-2005
44.34%
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%
PepsiCo (PEP)
2001-2005
28.9%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.