best performing large cap stocks past 60 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between February 18, 1966 and February 18, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 142,209,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
142,209,900%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
17,694,900%
Altria (MO)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
16,634,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
7,800,376.19%
Home Depot (HD)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
2,293,552.69%
Nike (NKE)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
1,851,900%
QXO (QXO)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
1,577,547.06%
Suncor Energy (SU)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
706,182.05%
Microsoft (MSFT)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
669,141.15%
Amgen (AMGN)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
588,795.9%
Danaher (DHR)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
513,233.33%
Stryker (SYK)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
487,588.24%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
466,675.7%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
461,171.82%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
442,164.15%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
322,816.67%
Oracle (ORCL)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
304,188.54%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
278,727.64%
Heico (HEI)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
278,126.07%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
270,583.52%
Apple (AAPL)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
268,343.54%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
260,213.79%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
249,859.24%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
241,946.41%
Fastenal (FAST)
2/18/1966 - 2/18/2026
240,373.68%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.