best performance mega stock between may 1990 and december 1991

Amgen (AMGN) had the highest return between May 1, 1990 and December 31, 1991 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 593.9%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Amgen (AMGN)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
593.91%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
563.77%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
446.24%
Home Depot (HD)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
219.04%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
192.11%
Merck (MRK)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
134.18%
Coca-Cola (KO)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
116.87%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
115.06%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
107.56%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
103.82%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
100%
Lam Research (LRCX)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
92.42%
PepsiCo (PEP)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
59.13%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
45.65%
Apple (AAPL)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
44.46%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
42.94%
Citigroup (C)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
39.26%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
37.06%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
36.64%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
34.57%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
31.35%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
29.34%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
28.07%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
26.14%
GE Aerospace (GE)
5/1/1990 - 12/31/1991
25.72%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.