best performing mega cap stocks 1999-2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 1999 and 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 710.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
1999-2008
710.31%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1999-2008
388.9%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1999-2008
361.35%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1999-2008
328.58%
LIN TV (LIN)
1999-2008
290.56%
Netflix (NFLX)
1999-2008
269.25%
Mastercard (MA)
1999-2008
257.64%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
1999-2008
224.29%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1999-2008
207.62%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1999-2008
158.35%
Chevron (CVX)
1999-2008
144.77%
Oracle (ORCL)
1999-2008
143.85%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1999-2008
129%
Salesforce (CRM)
1999-2008
113.4%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1999-2008
108.27%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1999-2008
99.77%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1999-2008
96.51%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1999-2008
89.83%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1999-2008
73.8%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
1999-2008
71.11%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1999-2008
68.18%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1999-2008
63.54%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1999-2008
59.58%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1999-2008
56.46%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1999-2008
54.59%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.