best performing mega cap stocks 2002-2006

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2002 and 2006 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 669.4%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2002-2006
669.41%
BHP (BHP)
2002-2006
421.68%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2002-2006
360.43%
Amazon (AMZN)
2002-2006
260.83%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2002-2006
243.23%
Netflix (NFLX)
2002-2006
219.55%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2002-2006
207.66%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
2002-2006
182.74%
Banco Santander SA ADR (SAN)
2002-2006
163.95%
TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE)
2002-2006
163.38%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2002-2006
161.29%
Mastercard (MA)
2002-2006
144.71%
Salesforce (CRM)
2002-2006
143%
LIN TV (LIN)
2002-2006
129.57%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2002-2006
124.71%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2002-2006
118.89%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2002-2006
116.42%
RTX (RTX)
2002-2006
110.24%
Bank of America (BAC)
2002-2006
108.86%
American Express (AXP)
2002-2006
103.03%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
2002-2006
100.9%
Chevron (CVX)
2002-2006
94.92%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
2002-2006
92.98%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
2002-2006
90.29%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2002-2006
89.9%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.