best performing large cap stocks from 1930 to 1970

Walt Disney (DIS) had the highest return between 1930 and 1970 by a large-cap US stock, returning 681.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Walt Disney (DIS)
1930-1970
681.79%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1930-1970
434.42%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
1930-1970
252.38%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1930-1970
240.33%
Merck (MRK)
1930-1970
239.84%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1930-1970
108.64%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1930-1970
91.82%
HP (HPQ)
1930-1970
63.33%
3M (MMM)
1930-1970
52.35%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1930-1970
45.5%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1930-1970
42.86%
Kroger (KR)
1930-1970
32.47%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1930-1970
30.7%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1930-1970
29.57%
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
1930-1970
23.28%
Chevron (CVX)
1930-1970
11.87%
American Electric Power (AEP)
1930-1970
-11.5%
DTE Energy (DTE)
1930-1970
-20.46%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1930-1970
-29.83%
General Dynamics (GD)
1930-1970
-33.62%
Boeing (BA)
1930-1970
-42.87%
Honeywell International (HON)
1930-1970
-50.76%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1930-1970
-73.33%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.