best performing mega cap stocks december 2002 to may 2008

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return between December 1, 2002 and May 31, 2008 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,274.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
2,274.67%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
1,857.58%
Mastercard (MA)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
671.14%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
485.75%
Netflix (NFLX)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
483.89%
Salesforce (CRM)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
382.06%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
363.9%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
310.66%
McDonald’s (MCD)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
255.83%
Chevron (CVX)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
252.58%
LIN TV (LIN)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
250.91%
Amazon (AMZN)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
237.97%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
183.62%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
153.78%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
142.03%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
136.79%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
124.88%
Accenture (ACN)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
111.38%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
110.22%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
102.05%
Oracle (ORCL)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
84.79%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
84.78%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
84.45%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
84.34%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
12/1/2002 - 5/31/2008
79.56%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.