best performing large cap stocks 1984 to 1985

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between 1984 and 1985 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,742.4%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1984-1985
1,742.42%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1984-1985
1,271.52%
BHP (BHP)
1984-1985
699.42%
Loews (L)
1984-1985
413.49%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1984-1985
342.44%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1984-1985
261.69%
Hasbro (HAS)
1984-1985
252.37%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1984-1985
251.53%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1984-1985
245.82%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1984-1985
241.99%
Rollins (ROL)
1984-1985
237.56%
Equifax (EFX)
1984-1985
200.1%
Amgen (AMGN)
1984-1985
200%
State Street (STT)
1984-1985
191.47%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1984-1985
172.51%
Imperial Oil (IMO)
1984-1985
166.67%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1984-1985
163.75%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
1984-1985
148.7%
Paychex (PAYX)
1984-1985
145.3%
Crown (CCK)
1984-1985
141.41%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
1984-1985
138.92%
Progressive (PGR)
1984-1985
138.05%
Aflac (AFL)
1984-1985
135.86%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1984-1985
132.71%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1984-1985
130.94%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.