best performing mega cap stocks mar 1986

Eli Lilly and (LLY) had the highest return in March 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 24.2%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
March 1986
24.17%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
March 1986
22.12%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
March 1986
17.59%
Merck (MRK)
March 1986
16.56%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
March 1986
15.04%
Apple (AAPL)
March 1986
12.97%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
March 1986
11.74%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
March 1986
11.43%
PepsiCo (PEP)
March 1986
11.14%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
March 1986
10.48%
Coca-Cola (KO)
March 1986
10.23%
Home Depot (HD)
March 1986
10.2%
McDonald’s (MCD)
March 1986
7.98%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
March 1986
7.86%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
March 1986
7.12%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
March 1986
6.7%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
March 1986
6.7%
American Express (AXP)
March 1986
4.49%
Caterpillar (CAT)
March 1986
3.69%
Micron Technology (MU)
March 1986
3.25%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
March 1986
2.36%
GE Aerospace (GE)
March 1986
1.29%
Oracle (ORCL)
March 1986
1.19%
International Business Machines (IBM)
March 1986
0.75%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
March 1986
0.7%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.