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 16, 2020. The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $7.2 trillion, about 24% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($29 trillion).
(1) Apple ($2.04 trillion) — +62.1% YTD
(2) Microsoft ($1.66 trillion) — +39.3%
(3) Amazon ($1.63 trillion) — +77.1%
(4) Alphabet ($1.07 trillion) — +17.1%
(5) Facebook ($758 billion) — +1.3%
Also,
Berkshire Hathaway ($507 billion) — -6.2%
Tesla ($410 billion) — +425%
Netflix ($234 billion) — +64.0%
Zoom ($159 billion) — +722%
S&P 500 — +7.8%
DJIA — +0.2%
Nasdaq — +30.1%
Department of Finance
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
