best performing mega cap stocks august 2002 to may 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between August 1, 2002 and May 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,399%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
2,398.99%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
1,953.19%
Mastercard (MA)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
671.14%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
563.89%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
501.73%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
485.75%
Amazon (AMZN)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
470.37%
Salesforce (CRM)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
382.06%
Netflix (NFLX)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
356.54%
LIN TV (LIN)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
297.94%
Chevron (CVX)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
227.65%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
207.6%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
186.51%
McDonald’s (MCD)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
172.68%
Accenture (ACN)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
155.84%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
151.6%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
139.12%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
132.2%
Oracle (ORCL)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
130.01%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
114.86%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
114.08%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
105.85%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
97.92%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
96.16%
International Business Machines (IBM)
8/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
95.98%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.