best performing large cap stocks in last 30 years

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) has had the highest return between December 8, 1995 and December 8, 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 20,612,400%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
20,612,400%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
983,100%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
454,787.78%
Amazon (AMZN)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
188,193.68%
QXO (QXO)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
148,614.29%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
122,752.59%
Apple (AAPL)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
95,832.55%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
94,353.97%
Netflix (NFLX)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
86,612.8%
NVR (NVR)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
70,021.68%
Heico (HEI)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
57,152.89%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
52,619.76%
Amphenol (APH)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
46,214.39%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
43,603.3%
Ross Stores (ROST)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
42,978.23%
TJX Companies (TJX)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
40,482.47%
O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
39,775%
ResMed (RMD)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
37,896.15%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
35,880.98%
Tesla (TSLA)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
35,820.11%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
35,545%
Altria (MO)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
34,812.7%
Broadcom (AVGO)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
32,943.18%
EMCOR (EME)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
29,508.77%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
12/8/1995 - 12/8/2025
28,668.44%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.