best mega cap stocks 1996 quarter

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had the best quarter in 1996 by a mega-cap US stock in Q4 1996, returning 76.1%.

ASSET QUARTER % RETURN
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Q4 1996
76.07%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
Q4 1996
33.72%
International Business Machines (IBM)
Q3 1996
25.84%
Microsoft (MSFT)
Q4 1996
25.43%
Oracle (ORCL)
Q2 1996
24.54%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Q1 1996
24.5%
American Express (AXP)
Q4 1996
23.56%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
Q1 1996
22.95%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
Q1 1996
22.95%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
Q4 1996
22.56%
International Business Machines (IBM)
Q4 1996
22.51%
Morgan Stanley (MS)
Q4 1996
22.16%
LIN TV (LIN)
Q1 1996
22.07%
International Business Machines (IBM)
Q1 1996
22.02%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
Q1 1996
21.55%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Q2 1996
21.45%
American Express (AXP)
Q1 1996
19.27%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
Q4 1996
19.1%
Coca-Cola (KO)
Q2 1996
18.21%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Q4 1996
17.72%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
Q3 1996
17.72%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
Q1 1996
17.45%
Microsoft (MSFT)
Q1 1996
17.35%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
Q1 1996
16.69%
Microsoft (MSFT)
Q2 1996
16.47%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.