best large cap stocks 1984 to 2002

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1984 and 2002 by a large-cap US stock, returning 3,710,371.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1984-2002
3,710,371.43%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1984-2002
182,570.83%
Nike (NKE)
1984-2002
93,844.44%
Altria (MO)
1984-2002
51,685.71%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1984-2002
36,072.28%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1984-2002
35,318.01%
Amgen (AMGN)
1984-2002
31,906.95%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1984-2002
29,114.79%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1984-2002
27,503.36%
Paychex (PAYX)
1984-2002
23,226.63%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1984-2002
17,225.41%
Oracle (ORCL)
1984-2002
16,967.52%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1984-2002
16,842.74%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1984-2002
15,485.64%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1984-2002
14,473.39%
Danaher (DHR)
1984-2002
12,098.88%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1984-2002
11,497.2%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1984-2002
10,784.25%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1984-2002
10,585.61%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1984-2002
10,545.88%
Best Buy (BBY)
1984-2002
9,562.02%
US Bancorp (USB)
1984-2002
8,884.45%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1984-2002
8,831.98%
Stryker (SYK)
1984-2002
8,726.61%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
1984-2002
8,217.19%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.