best large cap stocks may 1981

Kinross Gold (KGC) had the highest return in May 1981 by a large-cap US stock, returning 63.6%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Kinross Gold (KGC)
May 1981
63.64%
McDonald’s (MCD)
May 1981
28.21%
Sony (SONY)
May 1981
22.83%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
May 1981
20.32%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
May 1981
17%
Apple (AAPL)
May 1981
16.7%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
May 1981
16.25%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
May 1981
14.8%
Ball (BALL)
May 1981
11.66%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
May 1981
10.79%
Merck (MRK)
May 1981
10.44%
Coca-Cola (KO)
May 1981
8.31%
Lennar (LEN)
May 1981
8.22%
Revvity (RVTY)
May 1981
7.74%
Entergy (ETR)
May 1981
7.63%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
May 1981
7.62%
HP (HPQ)
May 1981
7.61%
Ford Motor (F)
May 1981
7.59%
Watsco (WSO.B)
May 1981
6.41%
CSX (CSX)
May 1981
6.17%
WEC Energy (WEC)
May 1981
5.56%
American International (AIG)
May 1981
4.39%
Medtronic (MDT)
May 1981
4.11%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
May 1981
3.85%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
May 1981
3.8%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.