best performing mega cap stocks may 1996

Coca-Cola (KO) had the highest return in May 1996 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 12.9%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Coca-Cola (KO)
May 1996
12.88%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
May 1996
10.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
May 1996
10.5%
Home Depot (HD)
May 1996
8.49%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
May 1996
8.48%
Walmart (WMT)
May 1996
8.37%
GE Aerospace (GE)
May 1996
7.29%
Apple (AAPL)
May 1996
7.22%
Merck (MRK)
May 1996
7.04%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
May 1996
6.78%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
May 1996
6.27%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
May 1996
6.15%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
May 1996
6.13%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
May 1996
5.54%
LIN TV (LIN)
May 1996
5.52%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
May 1996
5.26%
Microsoft (MSFT)
May 1996
5.2%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
May 1996
4.61%
Chevron (CVX)
May 1996
4.34%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
May 1996
3.43%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
May 1996
3.24%
Caterpillar (CAT)
May 1996
2.94%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
May 1996
2.19%
Bank of America (BAC)
May 1996
2.04%
SAP SE ADR (SAP)
May 1996
1.11%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.