best performing large cap stocks 1975 to 1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1975 and 1985 by a large-cap US stock, returning 14,363.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-1985
14,363.48%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-1985
11,827.27%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1975-1985
4,742.81%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1975-1985
3,932.8%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-1985
3,362.96%
Boeing (BA)
1975-1985
3,158.36%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1975-1985
2,731.94%
Target (TGT)
1975-1985
2,569.22%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1975-1985
2,143.71%
General Dynamics (GD)
1975-1985
1,968.72%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-1985
1,917.36%
Service Corporation International (SCI)
1975-1985
1,685.84%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1975-1985
1,640.64%
CVS Health (CVS)
1975-1985
1,537.8%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1975-1985
1,524.55%
Loews (L)
1975-1985
1,483.18%
Teradyne (TER)
1975-1985
1,441.45%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-1985
1,394.56%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1975-1985
1,294.99%
State Street (STT)
1975-1985
1,294.57%
Kroger (KR)
1975-1985
1,005.15%
Ball (BALL)
1975-1985
998.77%
Progressive (PGR)
1975-1985
993.17%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-1985
962.5%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
1975-1985
882.41%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.