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 798.8%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
798.8%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
242.15%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
95.98%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
92.49%
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
70.47%
Coca-Cola (KO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
66.96%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
66.67%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
50.66%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
49.04%
Bank of America (BAC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
38.91%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
38.15%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
34.69%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
33.06%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
27.53%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
11%
Merck (MRK)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
4.32%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
0%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-4.26%
Chevron (CVX)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-16.34%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-24.54%
Caterpillar (CAT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-25.29%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.