best performance mega stock between july 1996 and july 1996

Western Digital (WDC) had the highest return between July 1, 1996 and July 31, 1996 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 15.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Western Digital (WDC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
15.46%
International Business Machines (IBM)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
8.31%
Apple (AAPL)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
4.11%
Bank of America (BAC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
3.93%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
2.03%
Intel (INTC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
1.94%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
1.79%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
0.7%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-0.68%
Oracle (ORCL)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-0.95%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-0.96%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-1.27%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-1.34%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-1.4%
Merck (MRK)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-1.72%
RTX (RTX)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-1.96%
Microsoft (MSFT)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-1.98%
American Express (AXP)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-2.02%
Chevron (CVX)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-2.11%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-2.19%
BHP (BHP)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-2.73%
Caterpillar (CAT)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-3.3%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-4.02%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-4.09%
Coca-Cola (KO)
7/1/1996 - 7/31/1996
-4.34%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.