best large cap stocks last 37 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between March 8, 1988 and March 8, 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 458,550.8%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
458,550.79%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
457,249.4%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
295,346.2%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
280,922.44%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
239,000%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
168,311.12%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
163,353.65%
Ross Stores (ROST)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
160,419.48%
Fastenal (FAST)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
153,707.69%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
146,220.68%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
124,782.81%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
119,878.21%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
112,814.51%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
95,677.78%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
90,145.16%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
87,816.67%
Home Depot (HD)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
84,308.6%
Watsco (WSO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
83,427.11%
Danaher (DHR)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
83,293.63%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
78,580.37%
Tractor Supply (TSCO)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
78,368.97%
Netflix (NFLX)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
76,958.98%
Apple (AAPL)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
73,823.93%
Progressive (PGR)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
70,100.7%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
3/8/1988 - 3/8/2025
69,517.39%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.