best performing mega cap shares between mar 1983 and jan 1989

BHP (BHP) had the highest return between March 1, 1983 and January 31, 1989 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 3,148.9%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
BHP (BHP)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
3,148.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
884.11%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
622.88%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
489.28%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
472.67%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
456.65%
Merck (MRK)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
437.03%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
360.91%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
325.84%
PepsiCo (PEP)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
299.24%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
274.2%
Coca-Cola (KO)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
253.46%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
229.8%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
211.8%
Bank of America (BAC)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
207.43%
Home Depot (HD)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
196.17%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
128.54%
GE Aerospace (GE)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
114.05%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
104.14%
Chevron (CVX)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
94.08%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
90.65%
American Express (AXP)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
88.52%
Apple (AAPL)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
67.65%
International Business Machines (IBM)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
57.08%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
3/1/1983 - 1/31/1989
56.97%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.