best large cap stocks last 40 years

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between November 22, 1984 and November 22, 2024 by a large-cap US stock, returning 3,265,117.4%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
3,265,117.39%
US Bancorp (USB)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
2,854,900%
Natwest (NWG)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
1,701,566.67%
Microsoft (MSFT)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
758,852.21%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
603,425.25%
Amgen (AMGN)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
479,866.89%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
365,660.6%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
364,350.76%
Danaher (DHR)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
348,638.87%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
328,739.63%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
324,368.09%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
284,445.45%
Apple (AAPL)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
284,128.86%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
252,867.79%
Progressive (PGR)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
226,612.56%
AAON (AAON)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
223,596.37%
Paychex (PAYX)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
220,221.1%
Home Depot (HD)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
219,980.43%
Fastenal (FAST)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
205,800%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
190,712.12%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
180,672.63%
Amazon (AMZN)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
162,639.95%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
162,345.73%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
162,319.96%
Stryker (SYK)
11/22/1984 - 11/22/2024
150,591.39%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.