50 best performing large stocks 1981 to 1989

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between 1981 and 1989 by a large-cap US stock, returning 19,986.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1981-1989
19,986.27%
Nike (NKE)
1981-1989
15,896.97%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-1989
11,882.02%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-1989
6,009.52%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1981-1989
4,570.07%
Altria (MO)
1981-1989
4,014.29%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1981-1989
4,001.79%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1981-1989
3,816.67%
Loews (L)
1981-1989
3,223.02%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1981-1989
2,783.67%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-1989
2,381.54%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1981-1989
1,917.44%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
1981-1989
1,891.72%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1981-1989
1,799.07%
Equifax (EFX)
1981-1989
1,623.81%
State Street (STT)
1981-1989
1,569.23%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
1981-1989
1,561.4%
Aflac (AFL)
1981-1989
1,411.9%
Ford Motor (F)
1981-1989
1,302.73%
Sysco (SYY)
1981-1989
1,141.96%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ADR (ERIC)
1981-1989
1,089.82%
Progressive (PGR)
1981-1989
1,075.91%
BHP (BHP)
1981-1989
1,039.26%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1981-1989
992.55%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1981-1989
917.27%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.