best performing large cap stocks last 60 years

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) has had the highest return between August 7, 1966 and August 7, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 159,299,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
159,299,900%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
51,516,566.67%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
14,598,233.33%
QXO (QXO)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
7,589,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
7,466,386.49%
Altria (MO)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
2,509,159.26%
Home Depot (HD)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
2,131,119.51%
Hasbro (HAS)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
1,206,347.37%
Nike (NKE)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
1,199,900%
Walmart (WMT)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
982,970.18%
Microsoft (MSFT)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
929,007.81%
Suncor Energy (SU)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
796,653.25%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
764,363.77%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
546,009.73%
Danaher (DHR)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
499,850%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
491,860.78%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
482,890.65%
Stryker (SYK)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
448,014.21%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
411,204.35%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
367,814.39%
Thomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares (TRI)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
324,010.03%
Apple (AAPL)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
318,036.46%
FirstEnergy (FE)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
303,553.85%
Heico (HEI)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
299,644.22%
Hubbell (HUBB)
8/7/1966 - 8/7/2026
298,389.12%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.