best returning large cap stock from 1980 to 2010

Booking (BKNG) had the highest return between 1980 and 2010 by a large-cap US stock, returning 131,039,100%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Booking (BKNG)
1980-2010
131,039,100%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1980-2010
10,199,600%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1980-2010
6,839,916.67%
Altria (MO)
1980-2010
2,503,725%
Nike (NKE)
1980-2010
502,671.43%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980-2010
299,344.44%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1980-2010
298,732.05%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1980-2010
173,098.11%
Home Depot (HD)
1980-2010
147,633.53%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1980-2010
142,103.4%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1980-2010
114,566.67%
Gap (GAP)
1980-2010
77,691.67%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1980-2010
64,361.86%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-2010
58,647.3%
Amgen (AMGN)
1980-2010
58,417.06%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1980-2010
53,713.88%
BHP (BHP)
1980-2010
50,606.83%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-2010
50,141.42%
Jefferies Financial (JEF)
1980-2010
41,961.17%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1980-2010
41,434.48%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-2010
37,583.08%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1980-2010
37,512.4%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-2010
35,771.33%
Danaher (DHR)
1980-2010
34,384.03%
State Street (STT)
1980-2010
34,184.67%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.