best performing mega stocks between 1980 and 1992

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1980 and 1992 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 13,046.3%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1980-1992
13,046.34%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1980-1992
3,951.72%
Home Depot (HD)
1980-1992
3,855.75%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-1992
2,916.39%
Amgen (AMGN)
1980-1992
2,467.45%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1980-1992
2,367.83%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1980-1992
2,297.28%
BHP (BHP)
1980-1992
2,287.69%
Merck (MRK)
1980-1992
1,425.66%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1980-1992
1,377.22%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1980-1992
1,116.74%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-1992
1,007.77%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980-1992
1,004.93%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1980-1992
984.85%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1980-1992
971.21%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1980-1992
941.71%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1980-1992
901.78%
Bank of America (BAC)
1980-1992
869.2%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1980-1992
840.81%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1980-1992
655.6%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1980-1992
576.81%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1980-1992
535.42%
American Express (AXP)
1980-1992
428.85%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1980-1992
378.93%
Intel (INTC)
1980-1992
375.18%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.