best performing mega cap stocks 1997-2006

Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return between 1997 and 2006 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,518.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
1997-2006
1,518.54%
Apple (AAPL)
1997-2006
1,506.88%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1997-2006
1,310.22%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1997-2006
859.8%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1997-2006
622.86%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1997-2006
497.09%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1997-2006
476.28%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1997-2006
417.15%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1997-2006
406.1%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1997-2006
360.44%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1997-2006
337.72%
Walmart (WMT)
1997-2006
333.22%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1997-2006
330.06%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1997-2006
318.34%
American Express (AXP)
1997-2006
305.03%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1997-2006
286.59%
Home Depot (HD)
1997-2006
284.88%
Oracle (ORCL)
1997-2006
266.19%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1997-2006
254.35%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1997-2006
241.08%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1997-2006
232.78%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1997-2006
230.27%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1997-2006
224.45%
Netflix (NFLX)
1997-2006
219.47%
Bank of America (BAC)
1997-2006
211.57%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.