best large cap stocks october 1981

Royal Gold (RGLD) had the highest return in October 1981 by a large-cap US stock, returning 77.8%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Royal Gold (RGLD)
October 1981
77.78%
Kinross Gold (KGC)
October 1981
57.08%
Nike (NKE)
October 1981
37.04%
Viatris (VTRS)
October 1981
33.08%
Home Depot (HD)
October 1981
32.75%
Apple (AAPL)
October 1981
31.17%
Kellanova (K)
October 1981
23.97%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
October 1981
23.91%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
October 1981
23.13%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
October 1981
22.8%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
October 1981
22.51%
Suncor Energy (SU)
October 1981
21.43%
CSX (CSX)
October 1981
20.77%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
October 1981
19.73%
McDonald’s (MCD)
October 1981
19.27%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
October 1981
19.24%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
October 1981
18.67%
Graco (GGG)
October 1981
18.36%
Halliburton (HAL)
October 1981
18.14%
General Dynamics (GD)
October 1981
18.13%
Honda Motor Co Ltd ADR (HMC)
October 1981
17.37%
CACI International (CACI)
October 1981
16.67%
First Horizon National (FHN)
October 1981
16.4%
Ball (BALL)
October 1981
16.27%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
October 1981
16.23%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.