best performing mega cap stocks dec 1986

Merck (MRK) had the highest return in December 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 13.2%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Merck (MRK)
December 1986
13.17%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
December 1986
10.69%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
December 1986
7.84%
GE Aerospace (GE)
December 1986
5.68%
Coca-Cola (KO)
December 1986
4.14%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
December 1986
3.37%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
December 1986
3.07%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
December 1986
2.92%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
December 1986
2.82%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
December 1986
2.56%
Caterpillar (CAT)
December 1986
2.23%
Apple (AAPL)
December 1986
1.24%
Walt Disney (DIS)
December 1986
0.19%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
December 1986
0.17%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
December 1986
0%
Microsoft (MSFT)
December 1986
-1.06%
American Express (AXP)
December 1986
-1.34%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
December 1986
-1.45%
Citigroup (C)
December 1986
-1.8%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
December 1986
-2.09%
Bank of America (BAC)
December 1986
-2.27%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
December 1986
-2.59%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
December 1986
-2.78%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
December 1986
-2.93%
Chevron (CVX)
December 1986
-3.46%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.