best performing mega stocks 1981 - 1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1981 and 1985 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 4,572.2%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-1985
4,572.19%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-1985
813.1%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-1985
765.05%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1981-1985
474.42%
Bank of America (BAC)
1981-1985
235.19%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1981-1985
232.38%
American Express (AXP)
1981-1985
215.77%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1981-1985
191.52%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1981-1985
182.85%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981-1985
174.46%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1981-1985
161.06%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1981-1985
155.49%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1981-1985
136.18%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1981-1985
125.23%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1981-1985
121.7%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1981-1985
118.13%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1981-1985
78.63%
AT&T (T)
1981-1985
68.68%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1981-1985
59.57%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1981-1985
52.75%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1981-1985
44.28%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
1981-1985
10.53%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
1981-1985
-4.53%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1981-1985
-6.11%
Chevron (CVX)
1981-1985
-7.55%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.