best performance mega stock between 1982 and 1993

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1982 and 1993 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 3,874.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1982-1993
3,874.5%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1982-1993
3,330.64%
Home Depot (HD)
1982-1993
2,955.91%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1982-1993
2,815.18%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1982-1993
2,744.85%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1982-1993
2,222%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1982-1993
2,155.95%
Oracle (ORCL)
1982-1993
2,075.62%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1982-1993
1,007.51%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1982-1993
967.22%
Merck (MRK)
1982-1993
893.78%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1982-1993
752.48%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1982-1993
672.55%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1982-1993
590.24%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1982-1993
541.56%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1982-1993
523.11%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1982-1993
493.68%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1982-1993
388.43%
Bank of America (BAC)
1982-1993
282.87%
Chevron (CVX)
1982-1993
266.58%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1982-1993
186.12%
Apple (AAPL)
1982-1993
182.37%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1982-1993
178.47%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1982-1993
135.19%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1982-1993
57.69%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.