best performing mega cap in 1986-1988

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1986 and 1988 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 283.6%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1986-1988
283.61%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1986-1988
280.61%
Oracle (ORCL)
1986-1988
280.47%
Apple (AAPL)
1986-1988
270.92%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1986-1988
255.24%
Merck (MRK)
1986-1988
168.63%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1986-1988
159.76%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1986-1988
137.22%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1986-1988
114.57%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1986-1988
91.84%
Micron Technology (MU)
1986-1988
85.29%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1986-1988
79.76%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1986-1988
77.59%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1986-1988
72.41%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1986-1988
66.07%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1986-1988
62.8%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1986-1988
62.67%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1986-1988
53.32%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1986-1988
50.93%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1986-1988
50.83%
Chevron (CVX)
1986-1988
41.12%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1986-1988
38.26%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1986-1988
37.81%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1986-1988
35.78%
Bank of America (BAC)
1986-1988
34.97%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.