best performing mega cap stocks 2002-2012

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2002 and 2012 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 4,767.9%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2002-2012
4,767.93%
Amazon (AMZN)
2002-2012
2,193.98%
Mastercard (MA)
2002-2012
1,142.49%
Netflix (NFLX)
2002-2012
1,043.82%
Salesforce (CRM)
2002-2012
1,020.69%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2002-2012
857.36%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2002-2012
607.32%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2002-2012
452.63%
LIN TV (LIN)
2002-2012
378.29%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2002-2012
338.58%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2002-2012
311.19%
Chevron (CVX)
2002-2012
248.91%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2002-2012
242.5%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2002-2012
224.09%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2002-2012
215.12%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2002-2012
182.68%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2002-2012
182.37%
Walt Disney (DIS)
2002-2012
175.07%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2002-2012
169.96%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2002-2012
163.62%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2002-2012
163.17%
Oracle (ORCL)
2002-2012
147.2%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
2002-2012
140.94%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
2002-2012
136.68%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2002-2012
126.73%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.