best performance mega stock between nov 1981 and may 1982

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between November 1, 1981 and May 31, 1982 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 79.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
79.08%
McDonald’s (MCD)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
37.23%
International Business Machines (IBM)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
23.53%
Walmart (WMT)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
22.92%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
17.74%
GE Aerospace (GE)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
15.5%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
9.94%
Walt Disney (DIS)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
9.67%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
7.29%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
2.66%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
1.45%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
0.87%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
0%
American Express (AXP)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-5.94%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-6.5%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-6.68%
Merck (MRK)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-8.24%
Coca-Cola (KO)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-8.33%
Bank of America (BAC)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-9.41%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-14.48%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-14.53%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-16.85%
Chevron (CVX)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-22.97%
Apple (AAPL)
11/1/1981 - 5/31/1982
-29.93%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.