best performing mega-cap stocks 2000 to 2008

Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO) had the highest return between 2000 and 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 329.8%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
2000-2008
329.78%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2000-2008
302.4%
Netflix (NFLX)
2000-2008
269.25%
Mastercard (MA)
2000-2008
257.63%
Apple (AAPL)
2000-2008
225.52%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
2000-2008
207.63%
LIN TV (LIN)
2000-2008
172.04%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
2000-2008
136.4%
Chevron (CVX)
2000-2008
130.34%
Salesforce (CRM)
2000-2008
113.4%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
2000-2008
113.09%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2000-2008
105.1%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
2000-2008
90.94%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
2000-2008
90.36%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2000-2008
83.04%
PepsiCo (PEP)
2000-2008
80.56%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
2000-2008
76.11%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
2000-2008
72.19%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
2000-2008
71.11%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
2000-2008
53%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2000-2008
38.57%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
2000-2008
28.9%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
2000-2008
20.75%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
2000-2008
15.83%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
2000-2008
2.58%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.