best performing large cap stocks between january 1 1974 and december 31 2000

US Bancorp (USB) had the highest return between January 1, 1974 and December 31, 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 606,758.8%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
US Bancorp (USB)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
606,758.82%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
238,664.58%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
237,313.64%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
158,740%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
49,416.21%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
44,510.27%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
39,357.14%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
34,048.16%
Boeing (BA)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
33,303.33%
Sysco (SYY)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
32,328.89%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
24,388.42%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
24,382.76%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
23,419.3%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
23,208.51%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
20,733.71%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
19,481.66%
Medtronic (MDT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
18,824.46%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
18,749.02%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
18,500.92%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
17,537.62%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
16,206.08%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
15,906.03%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
15,608.06%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
15,112.99%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2000
13,880.02%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.