
McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1950 and 2020 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 4,532,259.5%.
| ASSET | YEARS | % RETURN |
|---|---|---|
McDonald’s (MCD) | 1950-2020 | 4,532,259.52% |
Home Depot (HD) | 1950-2020 | 1,407,128.31% |
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT) | 1950-2020 | 392,894.74% |
Microsoft (MSFT) | 1950-2020 | 359,587.16% |
UnitedHealth (UNH) | 1950-2020 | 302,502.36% |
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 1950-2020 | 146,892.86% |
Amazon (AMZN) | 1950-2020 | 133,490.24% |
Apple (AAPL) | 1950-2020 | 131,178.33% |
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | 1950-2020 | 119,836.21% |
Oracle (ORCL) | 1950-2020 | 118,868.85% |
Merck (MRK) | 1950-2020 | 88,278.21% |
Coca-Cola (KO) | 1950-2020 | 86,999.07% |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) | 1950-2020 | 80,327.58% |
Applied Materials (AMAT) | 1950-2020 | 64,084.91% |
Netflix (NFLX) | 1950-2020 | 46,675.95% |
Procter & Gamble (PG) | 1950-2020 | 40,747.96% |
KLA (KLAC) | 1950-2020 | 40,230.74% |
PepsiCo (PEP) | 1950-2020 | 33,921.44% |
NVIDIA (NVDA) | 1950-2020 | 32,363.09% |
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML) | 1950-2020 | 26,265.97% |
Lam Research (LRCX) | 1950-2020 | 23,582.5% |
Wells Fargo (WFC) | 1950-2020 | 19,366.11% |
Tesla (TSLA) | 1950-2020 | 18,469.77% |
Chevron (CVX) | 1950-2020 | 17,903.46% |
Eli Lilly and (LLY) | 1950-2020 | 17,895.78% |
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.