best performance mega stock between january 1983 and december 1986

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between January 1, 1983 and December 31, 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 775.6%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
775.63%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
287.8%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
267.24%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
263.87%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
228.41%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
216.7%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
201.34%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
190.09%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
158.9%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
158.34%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
139.82%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
133.56%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
111.51%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
104.31%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
91.53%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
90.2%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
88.76%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
88.22%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
83.22%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
72.34%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
53.77%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
45.24%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
44.57%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
35.48%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1983 - 12/31/1986
33.35%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.