best performing mega stocks 1982 - 1987

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1982 and 1987 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 2,653%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1982-1987
2,652.97%
Home Depot (HD)
1982-1987
1,141.43%
Walmart (WMT)
1982-1987
904.66%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1982-1987
426.79%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1982-1987
394.49%
Merck (MRK)
1982-1987
341.59%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1982-1987
328.5%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1982-1987
325.69%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1982-1987
301.51%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1982-1987
296.19%
Apple (AAPL)
1982-1987
281.03%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1982-1987
274.37%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1982-1987
251.46%
Oracle (ORCL)
1982-1987
182.87%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1982-1987
171.76%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1982-1987
161.09%
American Express (AXP)
1982-1987
152.74%
Bank of America (BAC)
1982-1987
148.44%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1982-1987
148.17%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1982-1987
125.78%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
1982-1987
116.39%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1982-1987
105.66%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1982-1987
103.41%
Chevron (CVX)
1982-1987
25.77%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1982-1987
16.31%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.