Year-To-Date Performance of 5 Largest Companies in U.S. (Weekly Update – May 29, 2020)

The largest 5 stocks by market capitalization are substantially outperforming the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Year-To-Date (YTD) as of May 29, 2020.  The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $5.6 trillion, approximately 20% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($25 trillion).

(1) Microsoft ($1.39 trillion) —  +16.2% YTD

(2) Apple ($1.38 trillion) —        +8.3%

(3) Amazon ($1.22 trillion) —   +32.2%

(4) Google ($979 billion) —       +7.0%

(5) Facebook ($642 billion) — +9.7%

Also,

Netflix ($185 billion) —      +29.7%

S&P 500 —  -5.8%

DJIA     —   -11.1%

Nasdaq  —   +5.8%

Berkshire Hathaway ($451 billion)  —  -18.0%