best performing stocks between january 1980 and december 2018 with a market cap over 100 billion

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2018 by a US stock with a market cap of $100B+, returning 3,147,859.1%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
3,147,859.09%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
207,214.66%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
175,882.9%
Danaher (DHR)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
165,686.8%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
147,383.7%
Walmart (WMT)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
113,751.21%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
105,417.24%
Home Depot (HD)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
88,108.15%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
77,730.68%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
69,855.66%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
66,962.74%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
61,506.64%
Stryker (SYK)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
59,290.86%
Progressive (PGR)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
44,115.5%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
40,156.1%
Apple (AAPL)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
38,023.08%
Frank's International (FI)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
34,418.55%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
30,138.24%
Medtronic (MDT)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
28,841.93%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
28,748.75%
TJX Companies (TJX)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
24,130.28%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
23,502.62%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
23,237.75%
Netflix (NFLX)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
23,045.97%
Starbucks (SBUX)
1/1/1980 - 12/31/2018
20,846.53%