best performing large stocks from 1985 to 2025

Johnson Controls International (JCI) had the highest return between 1985 and 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 39,573,300%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1985-2025
39,573,300%
QXO (QXO)
1985-2025
9,644,900%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1985-2025
4,791,775%
Nike (NKE)
1985-2025
2,698,604.35%
Altria (MO)
1985-2025
2,036,781.48%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-2025
894,818.44%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-2025
485,144.93%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1985-2025
465,061.5%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-2025
384,457.57%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985-2025
353,681.31%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1985-2025
340,888.15%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1985-2025
331,304.55%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1985-2025
285,757.24%
Apple (AAPL)
1985-2025
272,658.55%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-2025
242,460.64%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-2025
228,055.15%
Fastenal (FAST)
1985-2025
209,905.32%
Amazon (AMZN)
1985-2025
189,251.93%
Progressive (PGR)
1985-2025
183,902.67%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-2025
179,502.92%
Heico (HEI)
1985-2025
173,001.71%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1985-2025
168,040.12%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1985-2025
166,471.25%
Home Depot (HD)
1985-2025
164,669.18%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1985-2025
160,132.63%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.