best performing large stocks january 1 1981 to july 31 1985

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between January 1, 1981 and July 31, 1985 by a large-cap US stock, returning 570%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
570.02%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
523.53%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
467.11%
Aflac (AFL)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
455.51%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
390.7%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
387.64%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
384.76%
Altria (MO)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
337.5%
Ball (BALL)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
337.27%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
331.27%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
299.92%
Ford Motor (F)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
288.99%
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
269.85%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
247.04%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
237.76%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
236.09%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
235.79%
Northrop Grumman (NOC)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
217.76%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
193.24%
Sysco (SYY)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
187.27%
Dominion Energy (D)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
186.9%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
179.47%
PG&E (PCG)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
179.31%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
178.53%
Kellanova (K)
1/1/1981 - 7/31/1985
169.43%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.