best performing large cap stocks between january 1 1974 and december 31 2024

Altria (MO) had the highest return between January 1, 1974 and December 31, 2024 by a large-cap US stock, returning 10,457,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
10,457,900%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
3,439,445.45%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
2,813,429.41%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
1,882,191.67%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
773,165.63%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
528,817.05%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
462,294.88%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
334,787.78%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
315,885.93%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
289,782.66%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
253,924.02%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
253,339.72%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
234,700%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
231,717.64%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
228,642.2%
Progressive (PGR)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
205,260.05%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
197,114.6%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
194,719.32%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
186,970.37%
Fastenal (FAST)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
181,365.99%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
179,875.39%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
165,650.32%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
162,398.38%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
156,908.08%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1/1/1974 - 12/31/2024
154,807.63%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.