what is the most performance mega cap stock between march 1 1980 and december 28 1981

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between March 1, 1980 and December 28, 1981 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 177.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
177.25%
McDonald’s (MCD)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
151.45%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
93.44%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
93.1%
American Express (AXP)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
71.14%
Home Depot (HD)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
66.86%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
58.74%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
58.1%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
54.98%
Merck (MRK)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
39.29%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
27.79%
GE Aerospace (GE)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
26.45%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
24.65%
Bank of America (BAC)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
23.7%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
23.11%
Walt Disney (DIS)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
21.76%
Coca-Cola (KO)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
19.48%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
14.11%
Chevron (CVX)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
8.35%
International Business Machines (IBM)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
-1.55%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
-3.47%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
-4.79%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
-5.72%
Apple (AAPL)
3/1/1980 - 12/28/1981
-27.41%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.