best large cap stocks 1975 to 2004

Johnson Controls International (JCI) had the highest return between 1975 and 2004 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,757,466.7%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1975-2004
1,757,466.67%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2004
349,103.03%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2004
248,088.24%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-2004
219,359.09%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-2004
157,205.31%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1975-2004
133,622.37%
Hasbro (HAS)
1975-2004
132,867.11%
Altria (MO)
1975-2004
98,015.38%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-2004
94,552.94%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2004
87,543.16%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-2004
80,307.14%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1975-2004
80,250.88%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1975-2004
51,718.95%
Stryker (SYK)
1975-2004
50,772.4%
Target (TGT)
1975-2004
49,017.22%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2004
44,951.32%
Medtronic (MDT)
1975-2004
37,488.47%
State Street (STT)
1975-2004
34,158.29%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2004
33,967.78%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2004
30,651.42%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1975-2004
30,210.34%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-2004
29,957.75%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1975-2004
26,783.5%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-2004
26,356.84%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1975-2004
26,044.49%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.