best performing us large cap stocks past 55 years

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) has had the highest return between October 3, 1970 and October 3, 2025 by a large-cap US stock, returning 123,159,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
123,159,900%
Altria (MO)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
16,437,400%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
10,351,328.57%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
5,354,900%
Ferguson (FERG)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
4,927,134.04%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
4,266,370.59%
Home Depot (HD)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
2,351,150%
Nike (NKE)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
2,130,471.43%
Natwest (NWG)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
1,427,900%
Progressive (PGR)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
977,811.65%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
953,208.69%
Walmart (WMT)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
892,005.26%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
754,963.29%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
568,364.57%
Danaher (DHR)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
523,108.96%
Suncor Energy (SU)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
520,279.75%
Stryker (SYK)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
482,640.45%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
470,947.38%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
456,566.67%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
409,159.26%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
328,650%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
315,721.43%
General Dynamics (GD)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
272,740%
Apple (AAPL)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
260,945.69%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
10/3/1970 - 10/3/2025
256,668.18%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.