best performance mega stock between january 1988 and december 1989

UnitedHealth (UNH) had the highest return between January 1, 1988 and December 31, 1989 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 234.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
234.62%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
231.76%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
222.48%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
195.37%
Bank of America (BAC)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
180.09%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
175.4%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
137.5%
AT&T (T)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
117.14%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
112.13%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
95.39%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
88.03%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
87.69%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
84.57%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
75.51%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
73.65%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
71%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
68.78%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
64.14%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
59.35%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
58.88%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
57.13%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
53.99%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
48.66%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
46.88%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1988 - 12/31/1989
33.31%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.