best performing stocks in last 50 years with market cap above 100 billion

Home Depot (HD) has had the highest return between September 24, 1975 and September 24, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $100B+, returning 2,445,792.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
2,445,792.86%
Nike (NKE)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
2,026,471.43%
McDonald’s (MCD)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
1,570,832.64%
Walmart (WMT)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
1,164,900%
Progressive (PGR)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
958,173.09%
Microsoft (MSFT)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
941,175.42%
Oracle (ORCL)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
617,675.59%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
444,862.59%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
310,337.5%
Apple (AAPL)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
258,204.57%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
254,964.14%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
235,740.94%
S&P Global (SPGI)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
183,817.07%
Amazon (AMZN)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
180,958.24%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
175,737.16%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
171,262.68%
Eaton (ETN)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
160,265.54%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
155,613.18%
Stryker (SYK)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
151,614.05%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
149,111.82%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
133,378.26%
Amgen (AMGN)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
121,532.74%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
109,570.1%
Netflix (NFLX)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
105,267.52%
Amphenol (APH)
9/24/1975 - 9/24/2025
99,582.03%