Year-To Date Performance of Largest 5 Companies in U.S. (Weekly Update – June 12, 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 June 12, 2020.  The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $5.8 trillion, approximately 20% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($26 trillion).

(1) Apple ($1.47 trillion) —       +15.4% YTD

(2) Microsoft ($1.42 trillion) — +19.1%

(3) Amazon ($1.27 trillion) —   +37.7%

(4) Google ($965 billion) —       +5.5%

(5) Facebook ($652 billion) — +11.4%

Also,

Netflix ($184 billion) —      +29.2%

S&P 500 —  -5.9%

DJIA     —     -10.3%

Nasdaq  —   +6.9%

Berkshire Hathaway ($440 billion)  —  -20.1%