best performing large cap software stocks for past 20 years

Salesforce (CRM) has had the highest return between December 26, 2004 and December 26, 2024 by a large-cap US stock in the Software Industry, returning 8,171%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Salesforce (CRM)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
8,171.02%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
7,102.64%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
5,884.66%
MicroStrategy (MSTR)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
5,773.73%
Fortinet (FTNT)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
5,653.53%
Manhattan Associates (MANH)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
4,624.18%
ServiceNow (NOW)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
4,554.99%
Trade Desk (TTD)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
4,211.65%
Aspen Technology (AZPN)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
4,078.26%
Intuit (INTU)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
3,161.3%
Synopsys (SNPS)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
2,596.28%
Microsoft (MSFT)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
2,243.39%
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
2,104.14%
HubSpot (HUBS)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
2,089.26%
ANSYS (ANSS)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
2,064.39%
Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,961.75%
Oracle (ORCL)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,443.36%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,322.98%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,232.59%
Nice Ltd ADR (NICE)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,199.27%
CyberArk Software (CYBR)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,182.44%
PTC (PTC)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,151.51%
Paycom Soft (PAYC)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
1,087.14%
SS&C Technologies (SSNC)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
959.64%
Guidewire Software (GWRE)
12/26/2004 - 12/26/2024
942.51%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.