best performing mega cap stocks by quarter 2005

Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) had the best quarter in 2005 by a mega-cap US stock in Q2 2005, returning 62.1%.

ASSET QUARTER % RETURN
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
Q2 2005
62.1%
Netflix (NFLX)
Q3 2005
58.47%
Netflix (NFLX)
Q2 2005
50.56%
Apple (AAPL)
Q3 2005
45.57%
Salesforce (CRM)
Q2 2005
40.76%
Amazon (AMZN)
Q3 2005
36.28%
Salesforce (CRM)
Q4 2005
34.1%
Apple (AAPL)
Q4 2005
32.73%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
Q4 2005
32.28%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
Q3 2005
29.27%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Q3 2005
28.7%
Apple (AAPL)
Q1 2005
28.65%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
Q4 2005
20.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
Q4 2005
20.56%
McDonald’s (MCD)
Q3 2005
20.42%
Merck (MRK)
Q4 2005
17.5%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Q1 2005
17.39%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
Q4 2005
17.25%
Chevron (CVX)
Q3 2005
15.73%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
Q4 2005
15.21%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
Q3 2005
14.59%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
Q4 2005
13.94%
Salesforce (CRM)
Q3 2005
13.17%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Q3 2005
12.76%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
Q4 2005
12.57%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.