best performing mega cap stocks 1983-1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1983 and 1985 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 552%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1983-1985
552.02%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1983-1985
218.71%
Walmart (WMT)
1983-1985
164.87%
Bank of America (BAC)
1983-1985
138.15%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1983-1985
130.98%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1983-1985
121.7%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1983-1985
120.28%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1983-1985
94.9%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1983-1985
93.28%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1983-1985
90.31%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1983-1985
87.28%
American Express (AXP)
1983-1985
86.91%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1983-1985
81.51%
Merck (MRK)
1983-1985
77.88%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1983-1985
77.09%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1983-1985
73.58%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1983-1985
53.56%
Chevron (CVX)
1983-1985
44.68%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1983-1985
43.03%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1983-1985
35.35%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1983-1985
10.53%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1983-1985
6.35%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1983-1985
3.42%
Home Depot (HD)
1983-1985
1.52%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1983-1985
-4.53%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.