best performing mega cap stocks feb 1986

Applied Materials (AMAT) had the highest return in February 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 27.1%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Applied Materials (AMAT)
February 1986
27.11%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
February 1986
22%
Lam Research (LRCX)
February 1986
20.27%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
February 1986
19.48%
Bank of America (BAC)
February 1986
18.79%
Walt Disney (DIS)
February 1986
17.76%
Home Depot (HD)
February 1986
16.01%
American Express (AXP)
February 1986
15.35%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
February 1986
14.75%
Coca-Cola (KO)
February 1986
14.73%
McDonald’s (MCD)
February 1986
12.08%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
February 1986
11.01%
Merck (MRK)
February 1986
9.9%
GE Aerospace (GE)
February 1986
9.78%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
February 1986
9.18%
Caterpillar (CAT)
February 1986
8.56%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
February 1986
8.42%
Apple (AAPL)
February 1986
8.22%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
February 1986
7.08%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
February 1986
7.02%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
February 1986
6.71%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
February 1986
5.95%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
February 1986
5.34%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
February 1986
5.01%
Chevron (CVX)
February 1986
3.52%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.