best performing stocks in last 40 years with market cap above 20 billion

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between January 8, 1985 and January 8, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $20B+, returning 2,574,542.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
2,574,542.86%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
1,432,252.94%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
776,315.44%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
437,559.57%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
386,419.17%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
349,376.31%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
306,775%
Danaher (DHR)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
285,222.2%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
275,408.47%
Apple (AAPL)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
249,343.87%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
230,313.84%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
192,248.07%
Progressive (PGR)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
190,972.56%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
189,387.49%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
182,106.73%
Fastenal (FAST)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
180,675%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
179,303.12%
Home Depot (HD)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
176,801.47%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
157,846.46%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
147,389.24%
Stryker (SYK)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
133,175.8%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
125,035.14%
Heico (HEI)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
124,129.92%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
121,861.59%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/8/1985 - 1/8/2025
114,997.66%