best performing large cap stocks december 1986

Nike (NKE) had the highest return in December 1986 by a large-cap US stock, returning 58.4%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
December 1986
58.42%
NVR (NVR)
December 1986
50.98%
US Bancorp (USB)
December 1986
20.43%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
December 1986
18.18%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
December 1986
15.34%
Merck (MRK)
December 1986
13.18%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
December 1986
12.46%
Honda Motor Co Ltd ADR (HMC)
December 1986
11.55%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
December 1986
10.69%
Barclays PLC ADR (BCS)
December 1986
10.32%
Regions Financial (RF)
December 1986
10.3%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
December 1986
10%
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
December 1986
9.49%
Imperial Oil (IMO)
December 1986
9.19%
Barrick Gold (GOLD)
December 1986
9%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
December 1986
8.91%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
December 1986
7.75%
Stryker (SYK)
December 1986
7.56%
Graco (GGG)
December 1986
7.55%
JM Smucker (SJM)
December 1986
7.46%
W R Berkley (WRB)
December 1986
7.37%
Lennar (LEN)
December 1986
7.24%
Hubbell (HUBB)
December 1986
7.08%
BHP (BHP)
December 1986
6.87%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
December 1986
6.86%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.