best performance mega cap between 15 march 1981 and 31 december 1981

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between March 15, 1981 and December 31, 1981 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 27.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
27.25%
McDonald’s (MCD)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
26.94%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
25.22%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
24.66%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
16.67%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
13.06%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
7.35%
Chevron (CVX)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
2.69%
Merck (MRK)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
1.35%
Coca-Cola (KO)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
-1.84%
Apple (AAPL)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
-4.28%
International Business Machines (IBM)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
-5.83%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
-8.3%
GE Aerospace (GE)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
-11.02%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
3/15/1981 - 12/31/1981
-19.8%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.