best performing mega stocks 1981 to 1982

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1981 and 1982 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 799.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1981-1982
799.4%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-1982
627.25%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-1982
233.41%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1981-1982
89.95%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1981-1982
80.23%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1981-1982
77.53%
American Express (AXP)
1981-1982
71.38%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1981-1982
70.65%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1981-1982
58.3%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1981-1982
55.39%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1981-1982
49.67%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981-1982
41.7%
Bank of America (BAC)
1981-1982
38.89%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1981-1982
37.33%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1981-1982
37.18%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1981-1982
25.42%
Merck (MRK)
1981-1982
6.8%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1981-1982
2.91%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1981-1982
-0.53%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1981-1982
-1.41%
Apple (AAPL)
1981-1982
-13.37%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1981-1982
-24.4%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1981-1982
-28.61%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1981-1982
-30.81%
Chevron (CVX)
1981-1982
-35.59%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.