best performing mega stocks in 1973

Texas Instruments (TXN) had the highest return in 1973 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 18.3%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1973
18.25%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1973
7.71%
Bank of America (BAC)
1973
6.76%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1973
0.1%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1973
-6.02%
Merck (MRK)
1973
-8.08%
Chevron (CVX)
1973
-9.44%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1973
-11.89%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1973
-13.59%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1973
-13.66%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1973
-16.14%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1973
-19.31%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1973
-22.66%
American Express (AXP)
1973
-31.36%
Walmart (WMT)
1973
-61.16%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.