what is the most performance mega cap stock between january 1 1981 and december 28 1981

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between January 1, 1981 and December 28, 1981 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 66.7%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
66.67%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
58.36%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
55.21%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
41.98%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
30.23%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
25.37%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
24.65%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
22.38%
American Express (AXP)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
12.36%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
9.3%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
9.17%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
3.15%
Merck (MRK)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
1.69%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-0.72%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-2.15%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-2.68%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-8.33%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-10.71%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-11.65%
Chevron (CVX)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-13.46%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-23.72%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-28.64%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-29.9%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1981 - 12/28/1981
-39.51%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.