best performing mega cap stocks by month 1973

Walmart (WMT) had the best month in 1973 by a mega-cap US stock in July 1973, returning 58.5%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
July 1973
58.49%
Chevron (CVX)
December 1973
22.28%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
February 1973
15.52%
Chevron (CVX)
January 1973
11.23%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
October 1973
11%
Chevron (CVX)
March 1973
10.66%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
July 1973
9.91%
GE Aerospace (GE)
July 1973
9.37%
International Business Machines (IBM)
October 1973
8.73%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
May 1973
7.87%
International Business Machines (IBM)
January 1973
7.66%
Chevron (CVX)
September 1973
7.36%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
June 1973
6.66%
Merck (MRK)
October 1973
6.34%
GE Aerospace (GE)
September 1973
6.33%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
July 1973
5.83%
Merck (MRK)
January 1973
5.47%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
March 1973
5.36%
Walmart (WMT)
September 1973
5.33%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
September 1973
5.27%
Walmart (WMT)
October 1973
5.06%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
October 1973
4.64%
Coca-Cola (KO)
September 1973
4.17%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
September 1973
4.08%
GE Aerospace (GE)
October 1973
3.97%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.