best performing mega cap stocks january 1974

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return in January 1974 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 39.6%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
January 1974
39.58%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
January 1974
7.07%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
January 1974
5.39%
American Express (AXP)
January 1974
5.39%
International Business Machines (IBM)
January 1974
-0.61%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
January 1974
-2.2%
Merck (MRK)
January 1974
-3.27%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
January 1974
-3.38%
GE Aerospace (GE)
January 1974
-4.59%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
January 1974
-5.67%
Coca-Cola (KO)
January 1974
-6.74%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
January 1974
-8.35%
Chevron (CVX)
January 1974
-10.72%
Bank of America (BAC)
January 1974
-12.02%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.