best performing large cap stocks in last 40 years

Booking (BKNG) has had the highest return between March 17, 1986 and March 17, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,431,006,566.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Booking (BKNG)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
1,431,006,566.67%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
131,689,900%
Altria (MO)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
1,250,455.56%
QXO (QXO)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
1,217,547.06%
Nike (NKE)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
660,020.48%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
640,845.51%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
456,807.73%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
294,183.02%
Apple (AAPL)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
284,286.95%
Fastenal (FAST)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
240,321.05%
Suncor Energy (SU)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
221,140.88%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
209,325.29%
Danaher (DHR)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
178,769.16%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
173,599.75%
Amgen (AMGN)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
173,149.76%
Home Depot (HD)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
171,361.46%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
165,308.81%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
164,085.14%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
153,900%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
153,781.43%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
115,633.06%
Ross Stores (ROST)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
110,812%
Amphenol (APH)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
108,903.98%
Lam Research (LRCX)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
103,293.03%
Mueller Industries (MLI)
3/17/1986 - 3/17/2026
103,121.29%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.