50 best performing large stocks feb 1981 to oct 1989

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between February 1, 1981 and October 31, 1989 by a large-cap US stock, returning 20,150%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
20,150%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
15,972.73%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
9,679.8%
Home Depot (HD)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
5,525.6%
Altria (MO)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
4,000%
Loews (L)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
3,590.59%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
3,513.7%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
3,225%
Walmart (WMT)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
2,238.34%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
2,143.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
2,074.6%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,879.07%
Equifax (EFX)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,857.99%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,632.46%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,628.27%
State Street (STT)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,497.73%
Ford Motor (F)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,427.54%
Aflac (AFL)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,407.05%
Progressive (PGR)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,312.12%
BHP (BHP)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,264.49%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,172.93%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
1,022.75%
Walt Disney (DIS)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
948.3%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
878.81%
Autodesk (ADSK)
2/1/1981 - 10/31/1989
877.63%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.