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

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between January 29, 1975 and January 29, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $50B+, returning 10,531,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
10,531,900%
Nike (NKE)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
3,480,809.09%
US Bancorp (USB)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
2,803,429.41%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
2,133,061.76%
Walmart (WMT)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
1,911,664.71%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
813,006.62%
Danaher (DHR)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
515,406.91%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
495,388.03%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
313,284.91%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
308,378.8%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
287,826.99%
Home Depot (HD)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
245,836.94%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
242,893.1%
Apple (AAPL)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
242,167.21%
Paychex (PAYX)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
238,745.53%
Progressive (PGR)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
215,096.51%
Aflac (AFL)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
202,574.2%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
194,379.08%
Stryker (SYK)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
158,035.87%
General Dynamics (GD)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
154,638.46%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
146,704.52%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
134,730.77%
Cintas (CTAS)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
126,532.65%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
116,392.97%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/29/1975 - 1/29/2025
116,208.59%