best performing mega cap stocks 1976-1980

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1976 and 1980 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 383.9%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1976-1980
383.87%
Chevron (CVX)
1976-1980
259.61%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1976-1980
232.28%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1976-1980
81.17%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1976-1980
67.9%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1976-1980
65.94%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1976-1980
59.23%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1976-1980
55.56%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1976-1980
49.84%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1976-1980
46.89%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1976-1980
46.55%
Merck (MRK)
1976-1980
41.04%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1976-1980
35.18%
American Express (AXP)
1976-1980
33.15%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1976-1980
25.38%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1976-1980
24.63%
Apple (AAPL)
1976-1980
18.68%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1976-1980
11.23%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1976-1980
2.4%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1976-1980
2.24%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1976-1980
-7.34%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.