5 Largest Stocks Substantially Outperforming S&P 500 and DJIA

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 15, 2020.  The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $5.2 trillion, approximately 20% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($25 trillion).

(1) Microsoft ($1.4 trillion) — + 16.1% YTD

(2) Apple ($1.3 trillion) —         +4.8%

(3) Amazon ($1.2 trillion) —   +30.4%

(4) Google ($937 billion) —       +2.5%

(5) Facebook ($601 billion) —   +2.7%

Also,

(6) Netflix ($200 billion) —       +40.4%

S&P 500 —  -11.4%

DJIA     —   -17.0%

Nasdaq  —   +0.5%

Berkshire Hathaway ($411 billion)  —  -25.4%