best performing large stocks january 1 1980 to december 31 2000

Booking (BKNG) had the highest return between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 2,582,633.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Booking (BKNG)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
2,582,633.33%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
1,664,300%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
1,389,300%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
551,770.83%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
159,756.29%
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
145,674.29%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
106,153.8%
Gap (GAP)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
79,302.79%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
68,050.08%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
52,458.49%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
51,789.31%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
45,839.05%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
45,758.97%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
42,682.07%
State Street (STT)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
41,257.56%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
39,581.9%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ADR (ERIC)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
29,377.32%
Stryker (SYK)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
26,360.37%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
24,382.76%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
22,219.39%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
21,744.29%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
20,715.38%
Sysco (SYY)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
19,690.75%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
18,743.35%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2000
16,923.3%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.