best performance mega stock between january 1983 and december 1984

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between January 1, 1983 and December 31, 1984 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 218%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
218.02%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
92.92%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
92.02%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
88.83%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
64.52%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
56.51%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
53.59%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
44.24%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
39.4%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
38.95%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
32.54%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
30.33%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
28.87%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
25.34%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
18.63%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
18.51%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
13.13%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
11.01%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
8.24%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
5.54%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
5.34%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
-1.19%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
-1.48%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
-2.33%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1984
-2.54%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.