best mega-cap on december 1979

GE Aerospace (GE) had the highest return in December 1979 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 9.8%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
GE Aerospace (GE)
December 1979
9.76%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
December 1979
6.01%
Coca-Cola (KO)
December 1979
2.67%
McDonald’s (MCD)
December 1979
2.41%
Citigroup (C)
December 1979
1.79%
Merck (MRK)
December 1979
0.52%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
December 1979
0.34%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
December 1979
0%
Chevron (CVX)
December 1979
-0.44%
International Business Machines (IBM)
December 1979
-1.15%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
December 1979
-1.24%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
December 1979
-1.67%
American Express (AXP)
December 1979
-3.73%
Walmart (WMT)
December 1979
-4.67%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
December 1979
-4.75%
Bank of America (BAC)
December 1979
-5.23%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.