best performing mega cap stocks may 1986

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return in May 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 27.9%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
May 1986
27.92%
Apple (AAPL)
May 1986
22.42%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
May 1986
21.43%
PepsiCo (PEP)
May 1986
14.35%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
May 1986
13.36%
Merck (MRK)
May 1986
11.8%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
May 1986
9.63%
Microsoft (MSFT)
May 1986
9.36%
McDonald’s (MCD)
May 1986
8.21%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
May 1986
8.18%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
May 1986
8.02%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
May 1986
6.95%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
May 1986
6.31%
Chevron (CVX)
May 1986
6.2%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
May 1986
5.75%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
May 1986
5.43%
American Express (AXP)
May 1986
5.26%
Bank of America (BAC)
May 1986
4.23%
Coca-Cola (KO)
May 1986
4.03%
Lam Research (LRCX)
May 1986
4.02%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
May 1986
3.66%
GE Aerospace (GE)
May 1986
2.41%
Caterpillar (CAT)
May 1986
2.36%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
May 1986
2.27%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
May 1986
1.54%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.