best performing large cap stocks 1975 to 1986

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1975 and 1986 by a large-cap US stock, returning 17,445.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1975-1986
17,445.45%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1975-1986
3,485.27%
Boeing (BA)
1975-1986
3,159.9%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-1986
3,148.37%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-1986
1,965.35%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-1986
1,900%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1975-1986
1,600.93%
Altria (MO)
1975-1986
1,480%
Nike (NKE)
1975-1986
1,354.55%
Kroger (KR)
1975-1986
1,321.69%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-1986
1,244.68%
Ball (BALL)
1975-1986
1,127.54%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1975-1986
935.96%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1975-1986
874.6%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1975-1986
872.41%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1975-1986
855.05%
Revvity (RVTY)
1975-1986
830.87%
Ford Motor (F)
1975-1986
820.13%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1975-1986
771.59%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1975-1986
755.85%
Aflac (AFL)
1975-1986
733.71%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1975-1986
727.33%
Western Digital (WDC)
1975-1986
722.27%
Exelon (EXC)
1975-1986
718.24%
PG&E (PCG)
1975-1986
663.28%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.