best performing stocks in last 40 years with market cap above 100 billion

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between October 22, 1985 and October 22, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $100B+, returning 1,992,087.5%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Altria (MO)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
1,992,087.5%
Nike (NKE)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
1,589,667.44%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
956,757.67%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
542,602.17%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
451,670.57%
Apple (AAPL)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
425,783.31%
Home Depot (HD)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
289,455.56%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
232,983.44%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
218,257.49%
Amgen (AMGN)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
210,634.78%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
182,041.1%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
148,787.53%
Danaher (DHR)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
146,493.63%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
140,496.42%
Netflix (NFLX)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
107,246.07%
Progressive (PGR)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
106,695.18%
Stryker (SYK)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
106,544.2%
Amphenol (APH)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
98,818.92%
Lam Research (LRCX)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
97,307.66%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
69,772.45%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
59,229.95%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
57,751.9%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
53,293.42%
Micron Technology (MU)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
52,744.83%
TJX Companies (TJX)
10/22/1985 - 10/22/2025
49,558.39%