The largest 7 stocks by market capitalization are substantially outperforming the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Year-To-Date (YTD) as of December 11, 2020. The total market capitalization of these 6 technology stocks plus Berkshire Hathaway equals $8.34 trillion, about 27% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($31 trillion). (Note: Tesla will be joining the S&P 500 on December 21.)
(1) Apple ($2.09 trillion) — +66.7% YTD
(2) Microsoft ($1.61 trillion) — +35.2%
(3) Amazon ($1.55 trillion) — +68.7%
(4) Alphabet ($1.21 trillion) — +32.5%
(5) Facebook ($780billion) — +33.3%
(6) Tesla ($568 billion) — +629%
(7) Berkshire Hathaway ($532 billion) — +0.1%
S&P 500 — +13.4%
DJIA — +5.3%
Nasdaq — +38.0%
Department of Finance
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
