best large cap stocks last 38 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between March 9, 1987 and March 9, 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 589,593.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
589,593.88%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
280,922.44%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
239,000%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
231,907.52%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
221,358.33%
Fastenal (FAST)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
202,894.92%
Nike (NKE)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
181,821.3%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
177,148.58%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
163,353.65%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
157,582.93%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
149,600.46%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
124,782.81%
Home Depot (HD)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
121,370.02%
Ross Stores (ROST)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
120,218.58%
US Bancorp (USB)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
114,861.44%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
105,400%
Apple (AAPL)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
104,571.63%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
90,145.16%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
82,620.51%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
82,097.13%
Watsco (WSO)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
79,959.31%
Danaher (DHR)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
79,535.75%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
79,289.8%
Tractor Supply (TSCO)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
78,368.97%
Netflix (NFLX)
3/9/1987 - 3/9/2025
76,958.98%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.