best performing mega stocks 1981 to 1986

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1981 and 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 6,175%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-1986
6,175%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-1986
1,205.95%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-1986
1,166.59%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1981-1986
555.81%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1981-1986
398.7%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1981-1986
358.64%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1981-1986
255.22%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1981-1986
255.19%
Merck (MRK)
1981-1986
251.27%
American Express (AXP)
1981-1986
245.17%
Bank of America (BAC)
1981-1986
228.7%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1981-1986
198.4%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1981-1986
190.25%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981-1986
171.28%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1981-1986
125.29%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1981-1986
99.26%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1981-1986
93.44%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1981-1986
89.28%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1981-1986
87.22%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1981-1986
86.58%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1981-1986
84.91%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1981-1986
81.16%
Apple (AAPL)
1981-1986
17.43%
Chevron (CVX)
1981-1986
17.08%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1981-1986
6.22%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.