best performing stocks in last 50 years with market cap above 100 billion

Walmart (WMT) has had the highest return between April 28, 1975 and April 28, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $100B+, returning 1,558,752.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
1,558,752.46%
Microsoft (MSFT)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
720,212.5%
Danaher (DHR)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
455,188.68%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
383,973.39%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
276,732.92%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
274,300%
Oracle (ORCL)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
263,690.48%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
239,613.17%
Progressive (PGR)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
231,957.79%
Home Depot (HD)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
214,405.1%
Apple (AAPL)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
211,936.47%
Amazon (AMZN)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
154,936.92%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
152,257.26%
Stryker (SYK)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
147,877.3%
Amgen (AMGN)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
117,014.26%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
116,746.57%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
111,314.54%
TJX Companies (TJX)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
102,377.73%
Netflix (NFLX)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
95,155.1%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
90,417.81%
McDonald’s (MCD)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
82,946.67%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
81,356.49%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
73,632.63%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
70,606.15%
Boeing (BA)
4/28/1975 - 4/28/2025
65,370.93%