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 72,561.8%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
72,561.84%
Home Depot (HD)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
65,528.85%
Microsoft (MSFT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
59,975.72%
Oracle (ORCL)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
44,184.22%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
17,713.9%
McDonald’s (MCD)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
13,930.75%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
11,233.33%
GE Aerospace (GE)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
6,248.21%
Coca-Cola (KO)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
6,155.98%
Merck (MRK)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
5,468.88%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
4,769.43%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
4,722.1%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,340.64%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,103.9%
Amazon (AMZN)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
Citigroup (C)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,001.46%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,856.15%
Micron Technology (MU)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,720.28%
Walt Disney (DIS)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,686.15%
Bank of America (BAC)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,490.2%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,197.23%
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
1,922.23%
Apple (AAPL)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,668.12%
Lam Research (LRCX)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,573.37%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.