best performing mega-cap stocks in last 39 years

NVIDIA (NVDA) has had the highest return between November 1, 1987 and November 1, 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 511,500%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
511,500%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
431,012.29%
Microsoft (MSFT)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
251,301.73%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
222,936.02%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
221,319.49%
Amazon (AMZN)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
197,069.81%
Lam Research (LRCX)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
195,411.04%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
136,142.26%
Apple (AAPL)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
129,802%
Amgen (AMGN)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
125,780.61%
Micron Technology (MU)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
107,180.22%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
107,006.56%
Home Depot (HD)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
105,888.41%
KLA (KLAC)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
98,286.29%
ASML Holding NV New York Registry Shares (ASML)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
88,982.94%
Netflix (NFLX)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
53,602.42%
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
46,293.04%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
41,221.67%
Tesla (TSLA)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
31,463.12%
Analog Devices (ADI)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
31,297.06%
Broadcom (AVGO)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
27,717.78%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
25,792.06%
Caterpillar (CAT)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
23,701.79%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
20,452.59%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
11/1/1987 - 11/1/2026
19,745.64%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.