best performing stocks in last 50 years with market cap above 5 billion

Nike (NKE) has had the highest return between January 9, 1975 and January 9, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $5B+, returning 3,240,354.5%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
3,240,354.55%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
2,854,017.65%
Walmart (WMT)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
2,238,924.39%
Badger Meter (BMI)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
1,439,967.11%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
780,341.18%
Danaher (DHR)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
548,494.47%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
477,604.92%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
349,301.5%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
308,877.27%
Sysco (SYY)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
304,168.29%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
273,420.21%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
272,172.73%
Apple (AAPL)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
245,547.77%
Glacier Bancorp (GBCI)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
240,831.37%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
233,667.24%
Home Depot (HD)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
230,239.08%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
227,948.78%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
221,783.85%
Progressive (PGR)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
208,442.76%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
206,831.56%
AAON (AAON)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
198,561.16%
Aflac (AFL)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
194,947.08%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
189,646.01%
Fastenal (FAST)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
182,250%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/9/1975 - 1/9/2025
182,123.13%