best performance mega stock between jul 1982 and dec 1999

Cisco Systems (CSCO) had the highest return between July 1, 1982 and December 31, 1999 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 69,185.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
69,185.07%
Microsoft (MSFT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
65,814.15%
Oracle (ORCL)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
42,831.05%
Home Depot (HD)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
24,358.97%
Walmart (WMT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
18,425.28%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
11,233.33%
GE Aerospace (GE)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
6,247.82%
Coca-Cola (KO)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
6,156.4%
Merck (MRK)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
5,467.83%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
4,769.93%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
4,720.55%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,340.39%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,103.95%
Amazon (AMZN)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,714.22%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,149.04%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,922.25%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,810.59%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,800.65%
McDonald’s (MCD)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,765.47%
Apple (AAPL)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,665.98%
Chevron (CVX)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,220.59%
International Business Machines (IBM)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,081.63%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,031.2%
Bank of America (BAC)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
836.25%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.