best performing dow jones index stocks of 2005

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return in 2005 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning 122%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
2005
121.95%
Salesforce (CRM)
2005
95.31%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2005
50.22%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2005
42.57%
Boeing (BA)
2005
37.7%
Goldman Sachs (GS)
2005
22.87%
Amgen (AMGN)
2005
22.84%
Travelers Companies (TRV)
2005
21.95%
Caterpillar (CAT)
2005
21.34%
Chevron (CVX)
2005
11.65%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2005
8.9%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
2005
6.09%
American Express (AXP)
2005
4.83%
Honeywell International (HON)
2005
4.67%
Amazon (AMZN)
2005
4.66%
Merck (MRK)
2005
4.53%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
2005
4.47%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
2005
3.83%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2005
-1.23%
Coca-Cola (KO)
2005
-1.28%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
2005
-3.25%
Nike (NKE)
2005
-3.6%
3M (MMM)
2005
-3.62%
Home Depot (HD)
2005
-4.9%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
2005
-11.84%