best performing large cap stock from 1975 to 2015

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) had the highest return between 1975 and 2015 by a large-cap US stock, returning 31,759,500%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1975-2015
31,759,500%
Ovintiv (OVV)
1975-2015
20,832,000%
Altria (MO)
1975-2015
7,723,450%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
1975-2015
2,371,382.35%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2015
1,738,765.63%
Natwest (NWG)
1975-2015
929,100%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2015
616,740.35%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2015
516,993.94%
Ferguson (FERG)
1975-2015
453,017.71%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1975-2015
209,689.41%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-2015
172,851.39%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2015
131,773.55%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-2015
129,754.17%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2015
89,996.98%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2015
89,758.96%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-2015
88,446.08%
Danaher (DHR)
1975-2015
88,307.41%
QXO (QXO)
1975-2015
87,584.29%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-2015
85,444.32%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2015
84,590.5%
Target (TGT)
1975-2015
81,205.06%
Boeing (BA)
1975-2015
74,898.9%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
1975-2015
70,619.62%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1975-2015
68,106.9%
Paychex (PAYX)
1975-2015
65,693.83%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.