50 best performing large cap stocks 1971 to 1984

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1971 and 1984 by a large-cap US stock, returning 13,341.7%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1971-1984
13,341.67%
Boeing (BA)
1971-1984
2,652.73%
General Dynamics (GD)
1971-1984
1,989.41%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1971-1984
1,342.97%
Home Depot (HD)
1971-1984
1,196.41%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1971-1984
1,146.38%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1971-1984
1,049.9%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
1971-1984
1,004.81%
Dillard's (DDS)
1971-1984
992.97%
HP (HPQ)
1971-1984
969.15%
Altria (MO)
1971-1984
886.07%
Revvity (RVTY)
1971-1984
775.79%
New York Times (NYT)
1971-1984
768.8%
State Street (STT)
1971-1984
663.39%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1971-1984
654.42%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1971-1984
602.39%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1971-1984
564.07%
Essential Utilities (WTRG)
1971-1984
559.15%
Sysco (SYY)
1971-1984
555.27%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1971-1984
492.38%
Edison International (EIX)
1971-1984
456.27%
Teradyne (TER)
1971-1984
436.8%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
1971-1984
424.84%
Ball (BALL)
1971-1984
403.69%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1971-1984
402.31%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.