best performing mega stocks 2001-2009

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between 2001 and 2009 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,733%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2001-2009
2,733.05%
Amazon (AMZN)
2001-2009
750.64%
Netflix (NFLX)
2001-2009
580.56%
Mastercard (MA)
2001-2009
542.77%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2001-2009
519.92%
Salesforce (CRM)
2001-2009
391.81%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
2001-2009
332.12%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2001-2009
309.71%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2001-2009
239.49%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2001-2009
175.84%
Lam Research (LRCX)
2001-2009
162.51%
Chevron (CVX)
2001-2009
143.26%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2001-2009
123.24%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2001-2009
108.95%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2001-2009
99.34%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2001-2009
89.99%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2001-2009
89.48%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
2001-2009
87.28%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2001-2009
74.84%
International Business Machines (IBM)
2001-2009
71.42%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2001-2009
69.01%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
2001-2009
60.27%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
2001-2009
59.98%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2001-2009
57.13%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
2001-2009
56.9%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.