best performing large cap stocks 1975 to 2000

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return between 1975 and 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,441,271.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1975-2000
1,441,271.43%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1975-2000
551,770.83%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2000
344,603.03%
Altria (MO)
1975-2000
188,500%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2000
159,832.74%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-2000
158,842.61%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2000
146,605.71%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2000
65,170.54%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-2000
52,122.22%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1975-2000
49,905.18%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1975-2000
49,369.98%
Oracle (ORCL)
1975-2000
45,839.05%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1975-2000
45,621.52%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1975-2000
42,679.59%
State Street (STT)
1975-2000
41,216.29%
Paychex (PAYX)
1975-2000
39,562.65%
Medtronic (MDT)
1975-2000
37,191.08%
Target (TGT)
1975-2000
29,582.7%
US Bancorp (USB)
1975-2000
28,529.1%
Stryker (SYK)
1975-2000
26,356.39%
Boeing (BA)
1975-2000
24,841.41%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2000
24,410.54%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1975-2000
24,404.41%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1975-2000
24,382.76%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1975-2000
23,409.03%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.