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 12,505%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
12,505.03%
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%
Intel (INTC)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,483.79%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
1,274.2%
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
544.35%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
517.64%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
499.99%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
462.93%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
459.56%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
441.8%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
437.12%
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
419.9%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
400.18%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
361.22%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
323.3%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
306.33%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1997
271.34%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.