best performing us large cap stocks past 55 years

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) has had the highest return between June 8, 1971 and June 8, 2026 by a large-cap US stock, returning 162,149,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
162,149,900%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
47,883,233.33%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
14,019,900%
QXO (QXO)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
7,879,900%
Altria (MO)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
7,218,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
2,639,900%
Home Depot (HD)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
1,894,900%
Nike (NKE)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
1,227,900%
Hasbro (HAS)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
1,107,531.58%
Walmart (WMT)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
1,042,707.02%
Suncor Energy (SU)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
807,951.95%
Microsoft (MSFT)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
774,379.55%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
656,436.23%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
511,371.32%
Danaher (DHR)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
459,501%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
454,130.77%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
451,956.07%
Oracle (ORCL)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
423,868.25%
Stryker (SYK)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
404,747.68%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
376,758.49%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
343,233.33%
Apple (AAPL)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
312,873.52%
FirstEnergy (FE)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
297,464.1%
Hubbell (HUBB)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
280,217.46%
Heico (HEI)
6/8/1971 - 6/8/2026
273,357.1%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.