best large cap stocks 1975 to 1990

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1975 and 1990 by a large-cap US stock, returning 45,875.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1975-1990
45,875.76%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-1990
31,311.5%
Hasbro (HAS)
1975-1990
27,509.21%
Nike (NKE)
1975-1990
22,911.76%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-1990
21,890.2%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1975-1990
19,433.33%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-1990
12,422.73%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1975-1990
8,317.89%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-1990
7,935.04%
Boeing (BA)
1975-1990
7,112.38%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1975-1990
5,421.05%
Dillard's (DDS)
1975-1990
4,976.8%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-1990
4,913.57%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1975-1990
4,746.64%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1975-1990
3,986.73%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-1990
3,870.42%
Target (TGT)
1975-1990
3,627.59%
Loews (L)
1975-1990
3,526.74%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
1975-1990
3,213.75%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1975-1990
3,200.9%
CVS Health (CVS)
1975-1990
3,061.87%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1975-1990
2,780.81%
State Street (STT)
1975-1990
2,471.35%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ADR (ERIC)
1975-1990
2,438.5%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1975-1990
2,287.3%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.