UnitedHealth (UNH) had the highest return between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1992 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 831.3%.

best mega cap performing stocks january 1990 to december 1992
ASSET DATE % RETURN
UnitedHealth (UNH) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 831.28%
Home Depot (HD) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 524.82%
Microsoft (MSFT) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 340.29%
Walmart (WMT) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 189.66%
Coca-Cola (KO) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 127.67%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 119.69%
Wells Fargo (WFC) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 113.61%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 106.32%
PepsiCo (PEP) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 103.53%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 82.29%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 81.81%
Merck (MRK) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 79.62%
Apple (AAPL) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 74.67%
Procter & Gamble (PG) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 64.4%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 58.36%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 54.42%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 53.88%
Qualcomm (QCOM) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 42.66%
Exxon Mobil (XOM) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 41.19%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 36.23%
Bank of America (BAC) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 23.86%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 21.95%
Chevron (CVX) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 18.05%
Oracle (ORCL) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 17.62%
LIN TV (LIN) 1/1/1990 - 12/31/1992 -3.55%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.

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