Costco Wholesale (COST) had the highest return in March 1990 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 20.6%.
| ASSET | MONTH | % RETURN |
|---|---|---|
Costco Wholesale (COST) | March 1990 | 20.57% |
Apple (AAPL) | March 1990 | 20.17% |
Western Digital (WDC) | March 1990 | 20% |
KLA (KLAC) | March 1990 | 14.94% |
Home Depot (HD) | March 1990 | 14.74% |
Lam Research (LRCX) | March 1990 | 13.55% |
Microsoft (MSFT) | March 1990 | 12.42% |
RTX (RTX) | March 1990 | 10.89% |
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | March 1990 | 10.6% |
Applied Materials (AMAT) | March 1990 | 8.53% |
Walmart (WMT) | March 1990 | 7.55% |
Coca-Cola (KO) | March 1990 | 6.61% |
Procter & Gamble (PG) | March 1990 | 6.28% |
Eli Lilly and (LLY) | March 1990 | 5.94% |
GE Aerospace (GE) | March 1990 | 4.26% |
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | March 1990 | 4.18% |
UnitedHealth (UNH) | March 1990 | 4% |
Texas Instruments (TXN) | March 1990 | 3.33% |
Citigroup (C) | March 1990 | 3.29% |
Micron Technology (MU) | March 1990 | 3.16% |
Intel (INTC) | March 1990 | 2.77% |
International Business Machines (IBM) | March 1990 | 2.29% |
Merck (MRK) | March 1990 | 2.12% |
Wells Fargo (WFC) | March 1990 | 1.93% |
Caterpillar (CAT) | March 1990 | 1.24% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.