best large cap stocks 1985 to 1989

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1985 and 1989 by a large-cap US stock, returning 21,895.8%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1985-1989
21,895.83%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-1989
10,247.47%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1985-1989
3,816.67%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1985-1989
2,448.68%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-1989
1,901.46%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1985-1989
1,287.88%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1985-1989
1,061.37%
Loews (L)
1985-1989
947.46%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-1989
931.22%
Altria (MO)
1985-1989
893.1%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1985-1989
870.28%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1985-1989
865.63%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-1989
812.2%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1985-1989
806.74%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ADR (ERIC)
1985-1989
767.84%
CMS Energy (CMS)
1985-1989
724.04%
Rollins (ROL)
1985-1989
707.39%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1985-1989
674.75%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-1989
664.34%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-1989
582.81%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1985-1989
580.39%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1985-1989
578.76%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1985-1989
528.02%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1985-1989
514.87%
Merck (MRK)
1985-1989
455.08%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.