best return mega cap stocks from 1982 to 2026

Home Depot (HD) has had the highest return between 1982 and 2026 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 1,271,698.6%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1982-2026
1,271,698.56%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1982-2026
691,470.95%
Amgen (AMGN)
1982-2026
594,489.91%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1982-2026
455,386.28%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1982-2026
354,455.2%
Apple (AAPL)
1982-2026
343,202.51%
Oracle (ORCL)
1982-2026
299,425.69%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1982-2026
268,928.3%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1982-2026
263,461.43%
Amazon (AMZN)
1982-2026
175,035.36%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1982-2026
159,669.39%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1982-2026
132,971.43%
Lam Research (LRCX)
1982-2026
111,856.52%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1982-2026
100,739%
Netflix (NFLX)
1982-2026
84,951.9%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
1982-2026
76,768.45%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1982-2026
34,554.79%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1982-2026
33,878.45%
Tesla (TSLA)
1982-2026
31,373.91%
Broadcom (AVGO)
1982-2026
29,230.68%
Micron Technology (MU)
1982-2026
28,708.64%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1982-2026
25,190.87%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1982-2026
25,013.5%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
1982-2026
23,635.44%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1982-2026
21,287.63%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.