best performance mega stock between january 1980 and january 1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between January 1, 1980 and January 31, 1981 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 125.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
125.73%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
81.38%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
61.86%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
54.27%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
48.28%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
41.74%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
35.43%
BHP (BHP)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
29.75%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
28.66%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
28.28%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
27.97%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
26.34%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
26%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
21.27%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
19.76%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
18.41%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
18.08%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
7.85%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
6.82%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
4.18%
KLA (KLAC)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
0.89%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
-0.91%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
-1.73%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1980 - 1/31/1981
-3.84%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.