best performance mega stock between may 1990 and december 1990

UnitedHealth (UNH) had the highest return between May 1, 1990 and December 31, 1990 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 107%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
107.02%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
84.95%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
40.99%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
33.1%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
31.72%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
27.88%
Merck (MRK)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
23.97%
Coca-Cola (KO)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
23.65%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
23.44%
Home Depot (HD)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
21.65%
PepsiCo (PEP)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
20.16%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
18.19%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
14.81%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
13.55%
Chevron (CVX)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
12.79%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
12.28%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
11.18%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
9.25%
Apple (AAPL)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
9.16%
International Business Machines (IBM)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
6.72%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-0.74%
Intel (INTC)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-2.84%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-2.9%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-4.24%
GE Aerospace (GE)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1990
-8.48%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.