best performing large cap stocks 1985 to 2025

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) had the highest return between 1985 and 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 139,591,200%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1985-2025
139,591,200%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1985-2025
39,684,100%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1985-2025
20,715,075%
QXO (QXO)
1985-2025
9,644,900%
Nike (NKE)
1985-2025
2,727,230.43%
Altria (MO)
1985-2025
1,999,028.57%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-2025
894,836.43%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-2025
485,044.96%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1985-2025
464,420.7%
Thomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares (TRI)
1985-2025
414,277.99%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-2025
384,457.57%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985-2025
353,925.22%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1985-2025
340,888.34%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1985-2025
325,556.52%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1985-2025
285,710.46%
FirstEnergy (FE)
1985-2025
284,921.43%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-2025
274,882.03%
Apple (AAPL)
1985-2025
272,619.4%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-2025
242,460.64%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-2025
228,055.15%
Fastenal (FAST)
1985-2025
209,940.74%
Amazon (AMZN)
1985-2025
189,251.93%
Progressive (PGR)
1985-2025
183,991.48%
Heico (HEI)
1985-2025
173,001.71%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1985-2025
168,109.45%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.