best performance mega stock between 1982 and 1983

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1982 and 1983 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 269.9%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1982-1983
269.86%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1982-1983
133.93%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1982-1983
130.03%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1982-1983
118.34%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1982-1983
73.56%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1982-1983
62.15%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1982-1983
61.79%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1982-1983
54.97%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1982-1983
53.89%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1982-1983
42.32%
Merck (MRK)
1982-1983
13.84%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1982-1983
13.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1982-1983
11.22%
Apple (AAPL)
1982-1983
10.13%
Chevron (CVX)
1982-1983
-18.04%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.