Year-To-Date Performance of 5 Largest Companies in U.S. (Weekly Update – May 22, 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 22, 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) —  +16.4% YTD

(2) Apple ($1.38 trillion) —        +8.6%

(3) Amazon ($1.21 trillion) —   +31.9%

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

(5) Facebook ($670 billion) — +14.5%

Also,

Netflix ($189 billion) —      +32.7%

S&P 500 —  -8.5%

DJIA     —   -14.3%

Nasdaq  —   +3.9%

Berkshire Hathaway ($426 billion)  —  -22.5%