best performing stocks in last 40 years with market cap above 10 billion

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between May 2, 1985 and May 2, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $10B+, returning 1,806,263.6%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
1,806,263.64%
Nike (NKE)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
1,775,354.55%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
800,047.06%
US Bancorp (USB)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
545,557.89%
Ferguson (FERG)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
385,269.13%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
298,536.36%
Amgen (AMGN)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
297,487.3%
Apple (AAPL)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
289,533.29%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
287,004.76%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
285,436.16%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
248,185.53%
Danaher (DHR)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
218,396.16%
Fastenal (FAST)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
209,389.8%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
197,173.26%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
185,995.86%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
167,070.25%
Home Depot (HD)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
163,142.27%
Progressive (PGR)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
161,045.3%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
155,749.06%
Paychex (PAYX)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
155,627.65%
Stryker (SYK)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
120,930.4%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
119,755.47%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
116,868.33%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
116,461.89%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
5/2/1985 - 5/2/2025
114,964.94%