best performance mega stock between january 1985 and december 1989

Oracle (ORCL) had the highest return between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 1989 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 812.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
812.2%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
806.74%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
674.75%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
582.81%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
580.39%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
423.26%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
383.97%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
380.31%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
367.82%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
343.02%
AT&T (T)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
337.18%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
332.96%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
276.93%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
268.07%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
233.75%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
212.89%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
197.02%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
195.84%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
187.68%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
167.34%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
147.7%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
133.7%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
123.02%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
114.08%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/1985 - 12/31/1989
88.31%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.