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%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
800%
Walmart (WMT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
168.97%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
95.79%
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
67.02%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
66.67%
American Express (AXP)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
63.73%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
50.66%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
49%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
38.17%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
36.81%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
35.74%
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
26.31%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
20.3%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
15.42%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
11.03%
Merck (MRK)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
4.31%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-4.42%
Chevron (CVX)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1982
-16.34%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.