best performing large cap stocks in last 40 years

Booking (BKNG) has had the highest return between March 16, 1986 and March 16, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,413,753,166.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Booking (BKNG)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
1,413,753,166.67%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
129,759,900%
Altria (MO)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
1,257,122.22%
QXO (QXO)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
1,186,958.82%
Nike (NKE)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
650,261.45%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
633,794.23%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
449,401.25%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
292,560.38%
Apple (AAPL)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
281,249.83%
Fastenal (FAST)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
239,163.16%
Suncor Energy (SU)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
217,381.75%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
206,512.22%
Danaher (DHR)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
174,965.42%
Amgen (AMGN)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
173,130.84%
Amazon (AMZN)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
170,260.95%
Home Depot (HD)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
169,584.68%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
164,113.84%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
162,429.34%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
155,019.74%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
150,788.89%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
116,615.08%
Ross Stores (ROST)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
109,916%
Amphenol (APH)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
106,609.16%
Mueller Industries (MLI)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
102,262.28%
First Majestic Silver (AG)
3/16/1986 - 3/16/2026
100,166.67%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.