best performance mega cap between 1 january 2004 and december 2007

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) had the highest return between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,788.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
1,788.89%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
1,738.68%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
591.42%
Mastercard (MA)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
436.9%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
333.04%
Salesforce (CRM)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
317.93%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
236.59%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
158.04%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
147.95%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
147.34%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
144.17%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
128.89%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
97.49%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
94.5%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
81.6%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
75.59%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
74.06%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
70.42%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
68.24%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
68.07%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
63.69%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
59.68%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
52.75%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
50.17%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007
47.32%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.