best performance mega stock between 1982 and 1983

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1982 and 1983 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,056.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1982-1983
1,056.43%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1982-1983
402.97%
Walmart (WMT)
1982-1983
269.88%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1982-1983
133.93%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1982-1983
130.04%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1982-1983
118.33%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1982-1983
89.44%
Bank of America (BAC)
1982-1983
84.03%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1982-1983
73.54%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1982-1983
71.16%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1982-1983
62.19%
American Express (AXP)
1982-1983
59.06%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1982-1983
55.29%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1982-1983
54.97%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1982-1983
53.87%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1982-1983
42.33%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1982-1983
27.66%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1982-1983
23.86%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1982-1983
21.66%
Merck (MRK)
1982-1983
13.85%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1982-1983
13.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1982-1983
11.55%
Apple (AAPL)
1982-1983
10.01%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1982-1983
5.08%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1982-1983
-13.1%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.