best performing mega cap stocks oct 1989

Microsoft (MSFT) had the highest return in October 1989 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 17.4%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Microsoft (MSFT)
October 1989
17.42%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
October 1989
14.4%
Chevron (CVX)
October 1989
14.23%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
October 1989
8.41%
Coca-Cola (KO)
October 1989
8.02%
McDonald’s (MCD)
October 1989
5.09%
Apple (AAPL)
October 1989
4.5%
PepsiCo (PEP)
October 1989
4.42%
Intel (INTC)
October 1989
4.25%
Citigroup (C)
October 1989
3.92%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
October 1989
3.77%
Merck (MRK)
October 1989
3.49%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
October 1989
2.79%
Walt Disney (DIS)
October 1989
2.58%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
October 1989
2.07%
American Express (AXP)
October 1989
1.04%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
October 1989
-0.2%
Oracle (ORCL)
October 1989
-1.59%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR (MUFG)
October 1989
-1.64%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
October 1989
-2.07%
GE Aerospace (GE)
October 1989
-2.64%
Lam Research (LRCX)
October 1989
-3.75%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
October 1989
-4.02%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
October 1989
-4.26%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
October 1989
-4.59%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.