best performance mega stock between january 1982 and december 1983

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between January 1, 1982 and December 31, 1983 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,057.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
1,057.19%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
403%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
133.93%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
130.04%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
118.33%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
84.01%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
73.5%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
62.16%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
54.97%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
53.88%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
20.88%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
14.26%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
13.87%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
13.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
11.55%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
10.04%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
-7.6%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
-13.09%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1982 - 12/31/1983
-18.04%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.