best performing large cap stocks first quarter of 1983

Western Digital (WDC) had the highest return in Q1 1983 by a large-cap US stock, returning 84.2%.

ASSETQUARTER% RETURN
Western Digital (WDC)
Q1 1983
84.2%
Hasbro (HAS)
Q1 1983
67.71%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
Q1 1983
56.98%
Teradyne (TER)
Q1 1983
51.54%
Koninklijke Philips NV ADR (PHG)
Q1 1983
51.19%
CACI International (CACI)
Q1 1983
50%
Texas Pacific Land (TPL)
Q1 1983
49.13%
Dillard's (DDS)
Q1 1983
48.93%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Q1 1983
44.03%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
Q1 1983
44%
PulteGroup (PHM)
Q1 1983
43.13%
Stryker (SYK)
Q1 1983
41.59%
Apple (AAPL)
Q1 1983
41.37%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
Q1 1983
40.69%
Honeywell International (HON)
Q1 1983
39.79%
Graco (GGG)
Q1 1983
39.32%
Heico (HEI)
Q1 1983
39.01%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
Q1 1983
34.94%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
Q1 1983
33.53%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Q1 1983
33.33%
American Express (AXP)
Q1 1983
31.74%
Williams Companies (WMB)
Q1 1983
31.61%
General Dynamics (GD)
Q1 1983
30.32%
Regal Beloit (RRX)
Q1 1983
29.76%
McDonald’s (MCD)
Q1 1983
29.59%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.