best large cap stocks 1975 to 2004

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) had the highest return between 1975 and 2004 by a large-cap US stock, returning 7,863,100%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1975-2004
7,863,100%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1975-2004
4,674,916.67%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1975-2004
1,762,366.67%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2004
349,939.39%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2004
243,554.29%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-2004
215,552.17%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-2004
158,323.01%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2004
154,154.27%
Hasbro (HAS)
1975-2004
133,864.47%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1975-2004
132,732.47%
FirstEnergy (FE)
1975-2004
99,519.87%
Altria (MO)
1975-2004
95,888.89%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-2004
94,552.94%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2004
87,419.49%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-2004
80,551.06%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1975-2004
80,158.14%
Thomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares (TRI)
1975-2004
60,483.82%
Stryker (SYK)
1975-2004
50,730.28%
Target (TGT)
1975-2004
49,002.53%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2004
44,977.03%
Medtronic (MDT)
1975-2004
37,474.09%
State Street (STT)
1975-2004
34,151.75%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1975-2004
33,992.11%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2004
33,968.4%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2004
30,643.53%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.