best performing mega cap stocks 1996-2005

Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return between 1996 and 2005 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,834%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
1996-2005
1,833.96%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1996-2005
809.51%
Apple (AAPL)
1996-2005
792.06%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1996-2005
668.44%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1996-2005
600.98%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1996-2005
596.51%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1996-2005
559.89%
Citigroup (C)
1996-2005
553.99%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
1996-2005
551.53%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1996-2005
485.38%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1996-2005
458.92%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1996-2005
443.49%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1996-2005
386.6%
American Express (AXP)
1996-2005
368.47%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1996-2005
354.42%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1996-2005
314.8%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1996-2005
313.63%
Home Depot (HD)
1996-2005
304.87%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1996-2005
297.82%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1996-2005
289.4%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1996-2005
287.21%
Oracle (ORCL)
1996-2005
285.56%
Bank of America (BAC)
1996-2005
275.09%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1996-2005
270.91%
LIN TV (LIN)
1996-2005
268.86%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.