best performing large cap stocks in the 1985 to 1988

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1985 and 1988 by a large-cap US stock, returning 7,643.5%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1985-1988
7,643.48%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-1988
6,532.98%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1985-1988
2,362.5%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1985-1988
1,243.34%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1985-1988
1,172.73%
HF Sinclair (DINO)
1985-1988
939.08%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-1988
936.67%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-1988
706.71%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1985-1988
700.98%
Rollins (ROL)
1985-1988
656.28%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1985-1988
633.6%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1985-1988
624.95%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-1988
609.98%
Loews (L)
1985-1988
558.49%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1985-1988
479.28%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1985-1988
461.76%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1985-1988
430.08%
CMS Energy (CMS)
1985-1988
427.01%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1985-1988
352.51%
Equifax (EFX)
1985-1988
336.52%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1985-1988
331.86%
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY)
1985-1988
330.55%
Nordson (NDSN)
1985-1988
329.42%
Sony (SONY)
1985-1988
328.04%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985-1988
326.83%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.