best performing stocks in last 80 years with market cap above 50 billion

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between October 2, 1945 and October 2, 2025 by a US stock with a market cap of $50B+, returning 16,572,400%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
16,572,400%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
6,988,737.21%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
4,285,782.35%
Home Depot (HD)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
2,363,114.29%
Nike (NKE)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
2,119,900%
Natwest (NWG)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
1,425,900%
Progressive (PGR)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
989,699.2%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
960,546.95%
Walmart (WMT)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
894,285.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
568,817.32%
Danaher (DHR)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
529,452.24%
Suncor Energy (SU)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
522,178.48%
Stryker (SYK)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
479,676.02%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
466,832.67%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
310,882.14%
Apple (AAPL)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
259,240.1%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
257,109.03%
Fastenal (FAST)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
248,441.67%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
231,235.59%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
223,967.8%
Aflac (AFL)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
211,659.08%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
198,883.96%
Walt Disney (DIS)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
185,673.03%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
185,203.68%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/2/1945 - 10/2/2025
180,892.62%