best large cap stocks last 97 years

Booking (BKNG) has had the highest return between January 7, 1929 and January 7, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,782,796,600%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Booking (BKNG)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
1,782,796,600%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
113,949,900%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
15,609,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
7,208,709.52%
Home Depot (HD)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
2,091,456.89%
Nike (NKE)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
1,867,042.86%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
806,830.86%
Danaher (DHR)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
588,432.34%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
579,900%
Amgen (AMGN)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
516,597.97%
Stryker (SYK)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
483,902.64%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
466,832.67%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
431,032.08%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
397,667.44%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
382,049.9%
Altria (MO)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
380,313.79%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
328,650%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
326,650.94%
Heico (HEI)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
286,781.19%
Apple (AAPL)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
266,526.02%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
257,831.03%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
230,939.4%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
229,721.43%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
229,303.06%
Rollins (ROL)
1/7/1929 - 1/7/2026
227,037.4%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.