best performing large cap stocks in the year 1985

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the best year in 1985 by a large-cap US stock in 1985, returning 1,780.4%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985
1,780.41%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985
541.12%
Loews (L)
1985
264.83%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1985
252.97%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1985
214.66%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1985
210.19%
Rollins (ROL)
1985
205.02%
Gap (GAP)
1985
204.22%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985
184.3%
HF Sinclair (DINO)
1985
170.49%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985
160.23%
Equifax (EFX)
1985
142.73%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1985
140.17%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1985
137.98%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1985
133.69%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1985
127.22%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1985
123.12%
Progressive (PGR)
1985
120.03%
Valero Energy (VLO)
1985
115.68%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1985
114.87%
Best Buy (BBY)
1985
112.7%
Kinross Gold (KGC)
1985
111.11%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985
111.03%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1985
107.79%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1985
106.26%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.