best performing large cap stock from 1975 to 2015

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1975 and 2015 by a large-cap US stock, returning 6,285,940%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1975-2015
6,285,940%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2015
1,915,787.5%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2015
1,555,830.56%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2015
616,965.7%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2015
518,203.03%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1975-2015
153,077.92%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-2015
145,700%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2015
131,608.2%
Ferguson (FERG)
1975-2015
97,569.57%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2015
93,716.61%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2015
89,678.64%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-2015
88,404.69%
Danaher (DHR)
1975-2015
88,243.65%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-2015
85,373.65%
Boeing (BA)
1975-2015
74,898.9%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1975-2015
68,106.9%
Paychex (PAYX)
1975-2015
65,644.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
1975-2015
61,824.56%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1975-2015
61,138.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-2015
59,567.36%
Medtronic (MDT)
1975-2015
59,173.76%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1975-2015
54,079.65%
CVS Health (CVS)
1975-2015
52,401.49%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1975-2015
52,355.93%
Amgen (AMGN)
1975-2015
51,407.7%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.