best performing mega cap stocks jan 1987

Microsoft (MSFT) had the highest return in January 1987 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 51.6%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Microsoft (MSFT)
January 1987
51.56%
Apple (AAPL)
January 1987
37.53%
Oracle (ORCL)
January 1987
30.21%
Micron Technology (MU)
January 1987
25.01%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
January 1987
25%
Home Depot (HD)
January 1987
21.49%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
January 1987
19.56%
American Express (AXP)
January 1987
19.04%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
January 1987
19.03%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
January 1987
18.7%
McDonald’s (MCD)
January 1987
17.13%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
January 1987
16.9%
Chevron (CVX)
January 1987
16.48%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
January 1987
16.14%
GE Aerospace (GE)
January 1987
16.06%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
January 1987
15.59%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
January 1987
15.24%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
January 1987
13.98%
Coca-Cola (KO)
January 1987
12.91%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
January 1987
10.95%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
January 1987
10.91%
Merck (MRK)
January 1987
10.78%
Bank of America (BAC)
January 1987
10.35%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
January 1987
9.3%
Caterpillar (CAT)
January 1987
8.08%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.