best large cap quarters 1987-1989

Royal Gold (RGLD) had the best quarter between 1987 and 1989 by a large-cap US stock in Q1 1987, returning 213%.

ASSET QUARTER % RETURN
Royal Gold (RGLD)
Q1 1987
213.04%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
Q1 1988
200%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
Q1 1987
162.82%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
Q2 1988
158.57%
Nike (NKE)
Q1 1987
150.95%
Toll Brothers (TOL)
Q1 1987
140.88%
Autodesk (ADSK)
Q1 1987
136.54%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
Q1 1989
115.48%
NVR (NVR)
Q1 1987
112.66%
Oracle (ORCL)
Q1 1987
112.09%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
Q3 1987
109.22%
Microsoft (MSFT)
Q1 1987
100.59%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
Q1 1987
93.2%
Suncor Energy (SU)
Q2 1989
90.41%
Lennar (LEN)
Q1 1987
88.28%
Danaher (DHR)
Q1 1987
87.08%
Intel (INTC)
Q1 1987
84.67%
CACI International (CACI)
Q1 1987
80.56%
Nike (NKE)
Q1 1989
79.4%
Suncor Energy (SU)
Q1 1988
75.44%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
Q1 1987
74.32%
Amgen (AMGN)
Q1 1987
74.06%
Valero Energy (VLO)
Q1 1987
72.73%
Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD)
Q1 1989
72.68%
Micron Technology (MU)
Q1 1987
72.23%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.