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%
Thomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares (TRI)
1975-2004
2,339,950%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1975-2004
1,767,266.67%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2004
349,939.39%
Altria (MO)
1975-2004
262,950%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2004
245,737.14%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-2004
212,633.33%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-2004
157,998.25%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2004
153,438.55%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1975-2004
133,614.29%
Hasbro (HAS)
1975-2004
133,207.79%
FirstEnergy (FE)
1975-2004
99,519.87%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-2004
93,844.23%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2004
87,627.85%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-2004
80,221.68%
Stryker (SYK)
1975-2004
50,730.86%
Target (TGT)
1975-2004
49,002.53%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1975-2004
45,991.07%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2004
44,969.74%
Medtronic (MDT)
1975-2004
37,447.71%
State Street (STT)
1975-2004
34,172.61%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2004
33,929.18%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1975-2004
33,298.48%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2004
31,927.55%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1975-2004
30,210.34%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.