best performance mega stock between january 1990 and december 1997

Cisco Systems (CSCO) had the highest return between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1997 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 12,493.1%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
12,493.13%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
2,521.59%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,547.81%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,532.23%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,274.15%
Citigroup (C)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,153.16%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,010.77%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
782.57%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
716.55%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
675.38%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
544.25%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
517.64%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
500%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
462.93%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
441.79%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
439.36%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
433.33%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
422.34%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
419.88%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
400.19%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
386.19%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
361.22%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
358.17%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
323.29%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
306.46%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.