best performing mega cap stocks 1977-1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1977 and 1981 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 367.2%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1977-1981
367.16%
Chevron (CVX)
1977-1981
112.38%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1977-1981
93.1%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1977-1981
69.97%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1977-1981
69.58%
Home Depot (HD)
1977-1981
66.87%
Merck (MRK)
1977-1981
47.68%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1977-1981
45.35%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1977-1981
42.53%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1977-1981
34.51%
Bank of America (BAC)
1977-1981
21.42%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1977-1981
18.08%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1977-1981
16.91%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1977-1981
14.96%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1977-1981
7.26%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1977-1981
5.98%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1977-1981
4.86%
Apple (AAPL)
1977-1981
-22.99%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.