best mega cap stocks aug 1997

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return in August 1997 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 23.4%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
August 1997
23.41%
Lam Research (LRCX)
August 1997
7.11%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
August 1997
6.74%
Oracle (ORCL)
August 1997
4.69%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
August 1997
3.14%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
August 1997
1.49%
Caterpillar (CAT)
August 1997
1.31%
Amazon (AMZN)
August 1997
-0.26%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
August 1997
-0.26%
Intel (INTC)
August 1997
-0.67%
Chevron (CVX)
August 1997
-0.92%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
August 1997
-1.7%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
August 1997
-1.88%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
August 1997
-3.14%
LIN TV (LIN)
August 1997
-3.17%
International Business Machines (IBM)
August 1997
-3.73%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
August 1997
-4.77%
PepsiCo (PEP)
August 1997
-4.79%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
August 1997
-5.1%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
August 1997
-5.26%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
August 1997
-5.33%
Home Depot (HD)
August 1997
-5.39%
Microsoft (MSFT)
August 1997
-6.5%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
August 1997
-6.58%
American Express (AXP)
August 1997
-6.75%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.