best performance mega stock between january 1985 and december 1986

Amgen (AMGN) had the highest return between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 366.1%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
366.07%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
192.59%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
177.5%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
174.05%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
141.34%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
121.18%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
112.77%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
111.5%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
95.7%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
92.16%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
88.23%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
83.52%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
78.66%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
72.3%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
65.7%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
63.01%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
61.26%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
56.58%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
46.35%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
41.2%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
39.06%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
35.13%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
29.43%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
24.12%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1986
4.68%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.