best large cap stocks october 1981

Kinross Gold (KGC) had the highest return in October 1981 by a large-cap US stock, returning 57.1%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Kinross Gold (KGC)
October 1981
57.08%
McDonald’s (MCD)
October 1981
34.42%
Viatris (VTRS)
October 1981
33.08%
Apple (AAPL)
October 1981
31.3%
Kellanova (K)
October 1981
23.97%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
October 1981
23.14%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
October 1981
22.48%
CSX (CSX)
October 1981
20.76%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
October 1981
19.29%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
October 1981
18.67%
Graco (GGG)
October 1981
18.3%
Halliburton (HAL)
October 1981
18.14%
General Dynamics (GD)
October 1981
18.13%
Ball (BALL)
October 1981
16.24%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
October 1981
16.24%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
October 1981
14.99%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
October 1981
14.45%
Sony (SONY)
October 1981
13.86%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
October 1981
13.4%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
October 1981
12.63%
Walt Disney (DIS)
October 1981
12.3%
Air Products and Chemicals (APD)
October 1981
12.14%
American International (AIG)
October 1981
11.89%
Chevron (CVX)
October 1981
11.76%
Kroger (KR)
October 1981
11.59%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.