best performing stocks in last 45 years with market cap above 50 billion

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between November 30, 1979 and November 30, 2024 by a US stock with a market cap of $50B+, returning 3,580,354.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
3,580,354.55%
US Bancorp (USB)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
3,134,605.88%
McDonald’s (MCD)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
1,701,106.9%
Microsoft (MSFT)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
778,319.12%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
555,132.03%
Danaher (DHR)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
400,050.25%
Walmart (WMT)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
361,228.13%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
349,975.76%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
344,663.09%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
336,229.86%
Home Depot (HD)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
255,182.57%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
249,568.97%
Apple (AAPL)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
240,112.55%
Paychex (PAYX)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
237,737.4%
Progressive (PGR)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
229,515.71%
Aflac (AFL)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
214,589.27%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
193,748.35%
Amazon (AMZN)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
170,441.43%
Stryker (SYK)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
158,088.79%
Cintas (CTAS)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
143,898.72%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
134,292.31%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
119,900%
Amgen (AMGN)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
116,885.11%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
114,648.06%
Frank's International (FI)
11/30/1979 - 11/30/2024
103,685.81%