best large cap stocks december 1981

Kinross Gold (KGC) had the highest return in December 1981 by a large-cap US stock, returning 45.4%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Kinross Gold (KGC)
December 1981
45.35%
Viatris (VTRS)
December 1981
27.35%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
December 1981
19.49%
Apple (AAPL)
December 1981
18.91%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
December 1981
9.94%
Regal Beloit (RRX)
December 1981
9.91%
Crown (CCK)
December 1981
9.09%
Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)
December 1981
8.43%
Danaher (DHR)
December 1981
7.71%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
December 1981
7.2%
General Dynamics (GD)
December 1981
5.38%
PulteGroup (PHM)
December 1981
5.18%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
December 1981
5.13%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
December 1981
4.93%
Aon (AON)
December 1981
4.92%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
December 1981
4.88%
International Business Machines (IBM)
December 1981
4.36%
Kroger (KR)
December 1981
2.97%
Eaton (ETN)
December 1981
2.41%
Dupont De Nemours (DD)
December 1981
2.2%
Air Products and Chemicals (APD)
December 1981
1.69%
L3Harris Technologies (LHX)
December 1981
1.23%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
December 1981
1.07%
Ford Motor (F)
December 1981
0.75%
3M (MMM)
December 1981
0.46%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.