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 38,186.2%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
38,186.23%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
8,115.69%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,645.7%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,470.79%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,426.88%
Coca-Cola (KO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
2,072.4%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,381.34%
Merck (MRK)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,128.97%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
1,006.72%
Bank of America (BAC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
878.37%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
841.62%
GE Aerospace (GE)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
810.75%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
766.18%
Apple (AAPL)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
726.63%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
680.56%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
639.21%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
556.3%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
493.25%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
429.19%
Intel (INTC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
375.18%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
321.46%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
267.49%
Chevron (CVX)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
209.95%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
201.36%
Citigroup (C)
10/1/1981 - 12/31/1992
169.97%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.