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 October 2, 2020. The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $6.8 trillion, about 24% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($28 trillion).
(1) Apple ($1.93 trillion) — +54.0% YTD
(2) Microsoft ($1.56 trillion) — +30.8%
(3) Amazon ($1.56 trillion) — +69.1%
(4) Alphabet ($994 billion) — +8.7%
(5) Facebook ($741 billion) — +26.7%
Also,
Berkshire Hathaway ($506 billion) — -6.5%
Tesla ($387 billion) — +396%
Netflix ($222 billion) — +55.5%
Zoom ($137 billion) — +609%
S&P 500 — +3.6%
DJIA — -3.0%
Nasdaq — +23.4%
Department of Finance
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
