best performing large stocks past 30 years

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) has had the highest return between February 19, 1996 and February 19, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 18,058,233.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
18,058,233.33%
QXO (QXO)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
1,566,370.59%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
1,066,310.26%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
468,678.05%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
211,554.02%
Amazon (AMZN)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
167,898.36%
Apple (AAPL)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
125,961.04%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
93,727.98%
Elbit Systems (ESLT)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
77,149.46%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
73,639.07%
NVR (NVR)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
71,548.76%
Netflix (NFLX)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
67,365.4%
Heico (HEI)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
58,011.73%
Amphenol (APH)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
46,458.46%
Ross Stores (ROST)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
41,820.5%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
41,768.65%
ResMed (RMD)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
40,692.5%
TJX Companies (TJX)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
37,087.8%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
36,957.07%
Sterling Construction (STRL)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
36,485%
Altria (MO)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
36,346.51%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
36,249.29%
O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
35,807.86%
Deckers Outdoor (DECK)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
34,142.51%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
2/19/1996 - 2/19/2026
32,475.64%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.