best performing mega cap stocks mar 1987

Microsoft (MSFT) had the highest return in March 1987 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 29.8%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Microsoft (MSFT)
March 1987
29.83%
Home Depot (HD)
March 1987
16.01%
Micron Technology (MU)
March 1987
14.82%
Oracle (ORCL)
March 1987
14.21%
Chevron (CVX)
March 1987
13.67%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
March 1987
12.52%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
March 1987
9.59%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
March 1987
8.47%
International Business Machines (IBM)
March 1987
7.62%
Intel (INTC)
March 1987
6.06%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
March 1987
6.05%
Caterpillar (CAT)
March 1987
5.18%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
March 1987
4.14%
PepsiCo (PEP)
March 1987
3.91%
McDonald’s (MCD)
March 1987
3.59%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
March 1987
3.27%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
March 1987
3.07%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
March 1987
3%
Coca-Cola (KO)
March 1987
2.59%
Bank of America (BAC)
March 1987
2.54%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
March 1987
1.72%
GE Aerospace (GE)
March 1987
1.21%
Merck (MRK)
March 1987
0.48%
Lam Research (LRCX)
March 1987
-0.07%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
March 1987
-0.41%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.