best mega cap stocks may 1998

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return in May 1998 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 11.2%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
May 1998
11.24%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
May 1998
7.56%
McDonald’s (MCD)
May 1998
5.14%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
May 1998
3.46%
Coca-Cola (KO)
May 1998
3.29%
PepsiCo (PEP)
May 1998
2.67%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
May 1998
2.61%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
May 1998
2.54%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
May 1998
2.09%
International Business Machines (IBM)
May 1998
1.54%
Novartis AG ADR (NVS)
May 1998
1.27%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
May 1998
1.05%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
May 1998
1.03%
American Express (AXP)
May 1998
0.43%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
May 1998
-0.87%
Bank of America (BAC)
May 1998
-1.31%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
May 1998
-1.61%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
May 1998
-2.25%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
May 1998
-2.29%
Merck (MRK)
May 1998
-2.3%
GE Aerospace (GE)
May 1998
-2.41%
LIN TV (LIN)
May 1998
-2.47%
Apple (AAPL)
May 1998
-3.16%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
May 1998
-3.3%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
May 1998
-3.38%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.