best large cap stocks last 45 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between March 8, 1980 and March 8, 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 11,557,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
11,557,900%
Nike (NKE)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
3,572,172.73%
US Bancorp (USB)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
2,630,488.24%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
722,896.32%
Danaher (DHR)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
506,033.65%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
450,978.61%
Walmart (WMT)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
416,809.09%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
294,880.99%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
292,859.58%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
287,627.27%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
280,922.44%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
256,072.76%
Paychex (PAYX)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
251,919.7%
Progressive (PGR)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
244,497.9%
Apple (AAPL)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
242,118.84%
Watsco (WSO.B)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
239,556.16%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
232,709.48%
Home Depot (HD)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
224,453.04%
Aflac (AFL)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
205,221.97%
Fastenal (FAST)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
202,894.92%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
178,201.59%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
163,353.65%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
157,962.08%
Stryker (SYK)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
154,401.02%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
3/8/1980 - 3/8/2025
149,600.46%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.