best large cap stocks 1974 to 2024

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1974 and 2024 by a large-cap US stock, returning 10,272,860%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1974-2024
10,272,860%
Nike (NKE)
1974-2024
3,422,122.73%
US Bancorp (USB)
1974-2024
2,780,141.18%
Walmart (WMT)
1974-2024
1,877,037.5%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1974-2024
773,165.63%
Danaher (DHR)
1974-2024
529,231.18%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1974-2024
462,016.79%
Ferguson (FERG)
1974-2024
386,233.33%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1974-2024
334,757.11%
Oracle (ORCL)
1974-2024
315,354.67%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1974-2024
289,782.66%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1974-2024
267,627.27%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1974-2024
253,876.66%
Apple (AAPL)
1974-2024
253,339.72%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1974-2024
234,700%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-2024
231,775.82%
Paychex (PAYX)
1974-2024
228,642.2%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-2024
205,546.58%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-2024
197,064.83%
Aflac (AFL)
1974-2024
194,719.32%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1974-2024
186,982.27%
Fastenal (FAST)
1974-2024
181,314.29%
Amazon (AMZN)
1974-2024
179,875.39%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1974-2024
165,650.32%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1974-2024
162,398.38%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.