best performing large stocks in 1987

Nike (NKE) had the highest return in 1987 by a large-cap US stock, returning 321%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1987
321.02%
Micron Technology (MU)
1987
227.78%
Oracle (ORCL)
1987
179.73%
MasTec (MTZ)
1987
140%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1987
127.17%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1987
124.72%
Apple (AAPL)
1987
109.2%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1987
99.91%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1987
97.19%
Intel (INTC)
1987
87.01%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1987
83.74%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
1987
82.92%
Sony (SONY)
1987
79.3%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI)
1987
76.36%
Trane Technologies (TT)
1987
62.73%
Nordson (NDSN)
1987
60.15%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1987
59.62%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1987
58.35%
Home Depot (HD)
1987
57.31%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
1987
56.86%
Deere (DE)
1987
54.17%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1987
54.04%
Carpenter Technology (CRS)
1987
53.66%
Telefonica SA ADR (TEF)
1987
48.82%
Encompass Health (EHC)
1987
44.93%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.