best performing mega cap stocks 2003-2021

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2003 and 2021 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 80,681%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2003-2021
80,681.05%
Netflix (NFLX)
2003-2021
71,110.4%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2003-2021
31,945.96%
Tesla (TSLA)
2003-2021
27,709.24%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
2003-2021
26,191.53%
Amazon (AMZN)
2003-2021
17,275.41%
Mastercard (MA)
2003-2021
9,484.65%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2003-2021
9,228.82%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2003-2021
7,262.68%
Salesforce (CRM)
2003-2021
6,676.77%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2003-2021
5,687.67%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2003-2021
5,398.9%
Broadcom (AVGO)
2003-2021
5,129.28%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2003-2021
3,754.22%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2003-2021
3,323.95%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2003-2021
2,794.67%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2003-2021
2,768.63%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2003-2021
2,668.27%
Home Depot (HD)
2003-2021
2,525.68%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
2003-2021
2,093.6%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2003-2021
1,939.12%
LIN TV (LIN)
2003-2021
1,629.94%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
2003-2021
1,501.63%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
2003-2021
1,457.6%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2003-2021
1,293.29%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.