best performance mega stock between oct 1981 and december 1982

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between October 1, 1981 and December 31, 1982 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 800.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
800.58%
Walmart (WMT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
169.2%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
95.98%
International Business Machines (IBM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
90.11%
GE Aerospace (GE)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
83.71%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
70.46%
Coca-Cola (KO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
66.97%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
66.67%
American Express (AXP)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
63.7%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
50.38%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
47.58%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
38.16%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
34.74%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
33.85%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
27.52%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
26.3%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
20.3%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
10.96%
Chevron (CVX)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-16.34%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.