best large cap stock return of all time

Altria (MO) has had the highest return by a large-cap US stock, returning 11,293,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
3/17/1980 - 5/13/2025
11,293,900%
Nike (NKE)
11/5/1984 - 5/13/2025
2,835,809.09%
US Bancorp (USB)
11/6/1984 - 5/13/2025
2,609,900%
Walmart (WMT)
8/25/1972 - 5/13/2025
840,952.63%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/13/1986 - 5/13/2025
825,525%
Danaher (DHR)
12/29/1978 - 5/13/2025
453,964.67%
Ferguson (FERG)
7/20/2001 - 5/13/2025
395,895.53%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/22/1999 - 5/13/2025
323,914.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/13/1986 - 5/13/2025
308,985.71%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
6/28/1985 - 5/13/2025
305,809.09%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/5/1984 - 5/13/2025
285,569.72%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/17/1980 - 5/13/2025
264,382.76%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
8/13/1986 - 5/13/2025
258,961.28%
Paychex (PAYX)
11/5/1984 - 5/13/2025
250,330.46%
Progressive (PGR)
11/5/1984 - 5/13/2025
247,351.84%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/17/1980 - 5/13/2025
233,369.94%
Watsco (WSO.B)
3/17/1980 - 5/9/2025
226,360.13%
Home Depot (HD)
11/5/1984 - 5/13/2025
224,015.18%
Apple (AAPL)
12/12/1980 - 5/13/2025
215,853.35%
Fastenal (FAST)
8/20/1987 - 5/13/2025
203,905.1%
Aflac (AFL)
3/17/1980 - 5/13/2025
198,820.45%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/2/1962 - 5/13/2025
182,191.33%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
7/22/1987 - 5/13/2025
174,241.33%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/15/1997 - 5/13/2025
173,296.23%
Stryker (SYK)
11/5/1984 - 5/13/2025
156,985.53%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.