best mega cap stocks sep 1996

Micron Technology (MU) had the highest return in September 1996 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 37.1%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Micron Technology (MU)
September 1996
37.08%
Oracle (ORCL)
September 1996
22.48%
Intel (INTC)
September 1996
20.62%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
September 1996
19.35%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
September 1996
15.69%
Citigroup (C)
September 1996
15.59%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
September 1996
14.67%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
September 1996
14.57%
Lam Research (LRCX)
September 1996
14.51%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
September 1996
14.51%
GE Aerospace (GE)
September 1996
11.2%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
September 1996
10.79%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
September 1996
10.28%
Caterpillar (CAT)
September 1996
10.24%
International Business Machines (IBM)
September 1996
9.93%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
September 1996
9.76%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
September 1996
9.57%
Home Depot (HD)
September 1996
9.49%
Merck (MRK)
September 1996
8.94%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
September 1996
8.82%
American Express (AXP)
September 1996
8.19%
Microsoft (MSFT)
September 1996
8.09%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
September 1996
7.64%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
September 1996
7.6%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
September 1996
7.15%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.