best performing mega cap stocks 2003-2006

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2003 and 2006 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,081.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2003-2006
1,081.82%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2003-2006
517.25%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2003-2006
361.02%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2003-2006
360.48%
Netflix (NFLX)
2003-2006
336.64%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2003-2006
210.21%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2003-2006
203.77%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2003-2006
196.46%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2003-2006
195.31%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2003-2006
183.17%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2003-2006
173.72%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
2003-2006
167.28%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2003-2006
157.79%
Chevron (CVX)
2003-2006
150.73%
Mastercard (MA)
2003-2006
144.71%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
2003-2006
140.64%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2003-2006
139.79%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
2003-2006
119.75%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2003-2006
119.1%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
2003-2006
118.61%
LIN TV (LIN)
2003-2006
117.71%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2003-2006
114.89%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
2003-2006
108.47%
Amazon (AMZN)
2003-2006
105.63%
American Express (AXP)
2003-2006
100.39%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.