best large cap stocks last 49 years

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) has had the highest return between October 9, 1976 and October 9, 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 124,049,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
124,049,900%
Altria (MO)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
16,354,900%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
11,069,900%
Ferguson (FERG)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
8,099,210.34%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
4,329,900%
Home Depot (HD)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
2,284,364.29%
Nike (NKE)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
1,973,900%
Natwest (NWG)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
1,476,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
1,362,862.96%
Walmart (WMT)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
989,323.08%
Progressive (PGR)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
976,044.58%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
970,047.87%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
758,950.63%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
568,069.29%
Suncor Energy (SU)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
516,862.03%
Danaher (DHR)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
509,750.75%
Stryker (SYK)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
494,353.23%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
471,496.01%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
442,307.41%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
411,566.67%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
330,185.71%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
321,150%
Hubbell (HUBB)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
280,615.72%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
270,055.48%
Apple (AAPL)
10/9/1976 - 10/9/2025
261,889.85%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.