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 1,057.2%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1982-1983
1,057.19%
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
118.34%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1982-1983
89.46%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1982-1983
73.56%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1982-1983
71.17%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1982-1983
62.19%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1982-1983
61.8%
American Express (AXP)
1982-1983
59.06%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1982-1983
54.97%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1982-1983
53.87%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1982-1983
43.72%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1982-1983
27.66%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1982-1983
21.66%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1982-1983
20.56%
Merck (MRK)
1982-1983
13.86%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1982-1983
13.58%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1982-1983
11.55%
Apple (AAPL)
1982-1983
10.01%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1982-1983
5.08%
AT&T (T)
1982-1983
-4.45%
Chevron (CVX)
1982-1983
-18.05%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.