best performance mega stock between dec 1981 and may 1982

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between December 1, 1981 and May 31, 1982 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 79.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
79.08%
McDonald’s (MCD)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
44.56%
International Business Machines (IBM)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
15.95%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
15.36%
Walmart (WMT)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
11.61%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
7.19%
Walt Disney (DIS)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
5.66%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
5.56%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
4.05%
GE Aerospace (GE)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
4.03%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-2.55%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-3.78%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-5.08%
Coca-Cola (KO)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-6.68%
American Express (AXP)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-8.19%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-9.64%
Bank of America (BAC)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-13.12%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-13.32%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-13.7%
Merck (MRK)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-14.18%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-14.41%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-23.62%
Apple (AAPL)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-24.76%
Chevron (CVX)
12/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-26.39%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.