worst performing mega cap stocks december 1996

Lam Research (LRCX) had the lowest return in December 1996 by a mega-cap US stock, returning -21.6%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Lam Research (LRCX)
December 1996
-21.6%
Oracle (ORCL)
December 1996
-14.58%
Apple (AAPL)
December 1996
-13.49%
Micron Technology (MU)
December 1996
-12.73%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
December 1996
-11.03%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
December 1996
-8.35%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
December 1996
-6.95%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
December 1996
-6.44%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
December 1996
-6.35%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
December 1996
-6.05%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
December 1996
-5.81%
Walt Disney (DIS)
December 1996
-5.58%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
December 1996
-5.19%
International Business Machines (IBM)
December 1996
-5.09%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
December 1996
-5.05%
Home Depot (HD)
December 1996
-4.87%
Bank of America (BAC)
December 1996
-4.81%
Caterpillar (CAT)
December 1996
-4.6%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
December 1996
-4.11%
GE Aerospace (GE)
December 1996
-3.87%
Merck (MRK)
December 1996
-3%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
December 1996
-2.75%
McDonald’s (MCD)
December 1996
-2.68%
Chevron (CVX)
December 1996
-2.62%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
December 1996
-0.12%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.