best performing s and p stocks dec 1987

Micron Technology (MU) had the highest return in December 1987 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 73.5%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Micron Technology (MU)
December 1987
73.54%
Lam Research (LRCX)
December 1987
54.06%
Amgen (AMGN)
December 1987
45.87%
Frank's International (FI)
December 1987
40.41%
Carnival (CCL)
December 1987
37.15%
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
December 1987
37.14%
Equifax (EFX)
December 1987
35.37%
Oracle (ORCL)
December 1987
33.3%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
December 1987
32.22%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
December 1987
31.61%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
December 1987
30.83%
ConocoPhillips (COP)
December 1987
30.23%
Nucor (NUE)
December 1987
30.22%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
December 1987
28.85%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
December 1987
28.45%
Western Digital (WDC)
December 1987
27.45%
Nike (NKE)
December 1987
25.59%
Apple (AAPL)
December 1987
25.36%
PulteGroup (PHM)
December 1987
24.57%
Omnicom (OMC)
December 1987
24.46%
HP (HPQ)
December 1987
24.08%
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)
December 1987
22.64%
Microsoft (MSFT)
December 1987
21.92%
Intel (INTC)
December 1987
21.82%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
December 1987
21.64%