best performing mega cap stocks 2002-2011

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2002 and 2011 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 3,572.1%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2002-2011
3,572.06%
Amazon (AMZN)
2002-2011
1,482.85%
Mastercard (MA)
2002-2011
840.61%
Netflix (NFLX)
2002-2011
755.98%
Salesforce (CRM)
2002-2011
576.41%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2002-2011
564.43%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2002-2011
545.84%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2002-2011
383.33%
LIN TV (LIN)
2002-2011
357.51%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2002-2011
348.02%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2002-2011
304.74%
Chevron (CVX)
2002-2011
232.1%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2002-2011
198.43%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2002-2011
173.67%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2002-2011
169.99%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2002-2011
141.32%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
2002-2011
138.85%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2002-2011
115.52%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
2002-2011
107.64%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2002-2011
105.31%
Walt Disney (DIS)
2002-2011
104.04%
Coca-Cola (KO)
2002-2011
93.9%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2002-2011
88.55%
Oracle (ORCL)
2002-2011
87.66%
Philip Morris International (PM)
2002-2011
86.03%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.