Year-To-Date Performance of 5 Largest Companies in U.S. (Weekly Update – June 19, 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 19, 2020.  The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $6.0 trillion, approximately 20% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($27 trillion).

(1) Apple ($1.52 trillion) —       +19.1% YTD

(2) Microsoft ($1.48 trillion) — +23.8%

(3) Amazon ($1.33 trillion) —   +44.8%

(4) Google ($973 billion) —       +6.4%

(5) Facebook ($681 billion) — +16.3%

Also,

Netflix ($200 billion) —           +40.2%

S&P 500 —     -4.1%

DJIA     —       -9.4%

Nasdaq  —   +10.9%

Berkshire Hathaway ($440 billion)  —  -20.0%