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 69,174.2%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
69,174.16%
Microsoft (MSFT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
65,873.57%
Home Depot (HD)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
65,522.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
44,173.62%
Walmart (WMT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
18,430.31%
McDonald’s (MCD)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
13,932.14%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
11,233.33%
GE Aerospace (GE)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
6,247.94%
Coca-Cola (KO)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
6,155.72%
Merck (MRK)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
5,468.19%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
4,771.23%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
4,529.11%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,340.26%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,104.03%
Amazon (AMZN)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,022.48%
American Express (AXP)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
3,015.38%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,854.79%
Micron Technology (MU)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,720.37%
Walt Disney (DIS)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,686.05%
Bank of America (BAC)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,490.63%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,197.11%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,188.55%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
2,149.09%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,922.19%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
7/1/1982 - 12/31/1999
1,777.25%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.