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 37,759.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
37,759.3%
Walmart (WMT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
5,685.66%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,912.52%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,469.91%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,426.88%
Coca-Cola (KO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,072.88%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,550.26%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,312.57%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,007.27%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
993.43%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
841.36%
GE Aerospace (GE)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
810.75%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
766.03%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
726.77%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
655.6%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
639.22%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
625.94%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
512.46%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
432.33%
Bank of America (BAC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
288.4%
American Express (AXP)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
253.9%
Chevron (CVX)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
209.96%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
205.6%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
201.63%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
177.05%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.