best performing mega cap stocks 2001-2010

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2010 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 4,236.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2010
4,236.45%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2010
2,070.53%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2010
1,038.23%
Salesforce (CRM)
2001-2010
780.02%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2001-2010
635.42%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2010
493.92%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2010
464.2%
LIN TV (LIN)
2001-2010
418.99%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2010
364.88%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2010
337.96%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2010
199.08%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2001-2010
183.38%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2010
179.94%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2001-2010
142.75%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2010
139.02%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2010
117.4%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2001-2010
108.68%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2001-2010
107.78%
International Business Machines (IBM)
2001-2010
95.87%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2010
94.34%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2010
82.22%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2001-2010
75.79%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2001-2010
73.3%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2001-2010
72.66%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2001-2010
72.26%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.