best performance mega cap between january 1990 and december 1990

Cisco Systems (CSCO) had the highest return between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1990 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 111.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
111.32%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
90.16%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
69.58%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
58.2%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
26.81%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
26.77%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
24.87%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
24.72%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
23.48%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
22.72%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
19.33%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
12.43%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
9.7%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
7.48%
Intel (INTC)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
6.94%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
5.2%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
5.07%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-3.4%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-5.71%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-8.32%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-9.26%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-10.37%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-14.34%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-15.59%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-20.14%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.