best performance mega stock between january 1986 and january 1987

Microsoft (MSFT) had the highest return between January 1, 1986 and January 31, 1987 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 161.4%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
161.38%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
152.32%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
104.93%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
101.84%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
98.58%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
89.51%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
74.95%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
63.43%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
59.55%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
59.43%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
55.8%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
53.73%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
50.6%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
47.91%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
44.24%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
43.52%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
42.37%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
31.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
31.76%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
31.59%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
27.77%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
26.53%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
25.25%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
23.12%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1986 - 1/31/1987
15.48%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.