best performance mega cap between january 2001 and december 2001

NVIDIA (NVDA) had the highest return between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2001 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 305.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
305.47%
Accenture (ACN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
78.28%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
50.14%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
47.28%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
44.47%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
43.85%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
32.62%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
28.43%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
15.13%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
14.37%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
13.87%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
12.28%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
12.06%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
11.15%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
10.95%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
8.95%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
8.32%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
6.41%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
5.73%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
3.5%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
-0.17%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
-0.87%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
-7.28%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
-8.29%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001
-14.36%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.