best performance mega cap between january 2001 and december 2002

Bank of America (BAC) had the highest return between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2002 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 65.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
65.49%
LIN TV (LIN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
36.11%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
35.9%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
19.45%
Accenture (ACN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
19.14%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
17.17%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
15.4%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
5.36%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
2.11%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
1.75%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-3.62%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-3.87%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-6.27%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-7.16%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-10.02%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-12.28%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-14.6%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-16.42%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-16.69%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-17.08%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-25.25%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-28.96%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-29.41%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-29.85%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/2001 - 12/31/2002
-30.21%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.