best performance mega stock between january 1990 and december 1998

Cisco Systems (CSCO) had the highest return between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1998 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 31,347.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
31,347.5%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
5,526.03%
Micron Technology (MU)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
2,578.78%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
2,234.97%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
2,215.52%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
2,096.14%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
1,315.23%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
1,145.18%
Citigroup (C)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
1,068.69%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
827.1%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
711.59%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
693.81%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
685.6%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
667.64%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
616.9%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
606.77%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
595.8%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
573.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
571.27%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
527.88%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
472.34%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
442.22%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
427.21%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
414.89%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
1/1/1990 - 12/31/1998
414.66%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.