best performance mega stock between oct 1981 and december 1992

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between October 1, 1981 and December 31, 1992 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 37,745.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
37,745.61%
Walmart (WMT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
5,682.45%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,915.34%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,426.88%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,368.06%
Coca-Cola (KO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,073.16%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,550.32%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,312.45%
Merck (MRK)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,128.68%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,058.99%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,007.09%
PepsiCo (PEP)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
919.86%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
841.79%
GE Aerospace (GE)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
810.62%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
766.11%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
725.81%
AT&T (T)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
673.51%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
639.16%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
625.95%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
556.29%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
533.35%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
432.33%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
292.76%
Bank of America (BAC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
288.4%
American Express (AXP)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
253.93%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.