best large cap increase 1984 - 1985

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between 1984 and 1985 by a large-cap US stock, returning 1,751.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1984-1985
1,751.49%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1984-1985
1,264.6%
BHP (BHP)
1984-1985
699%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1984-1985
425.05%
Loews (L)
1984-1985
413.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1984-1985
261.42%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1984-1985
251.57%
Arthur J Gallagher (AJG)
1984-1985
245.78%
Rollins (ROL)
1984-1985
237.53%
CNA Financial (CNA)
1984-1985
205.32%
Equifax (EFX)
1984-1985
200.11%
State Street (STT)
1984-1985
191.48%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1984-1985
172.77%
Imperial Oil (IMO)
1984-1985
166.71%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1984-1985
163.75%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (GSK)
1984-1985
148.66%
Paychex (PAYX)
1984-1985
145.23%
Crown (CCK)
1984-1985
141.41%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
1984-1985
139.06%
Aflac (AFL)
1984-1985
136.03%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1984-1985
135.39%
W R Berkley (WRB)
1984-1985
129.39%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1984-1985
125.2%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1984-1985
121.7%
Kellanova (K)
1984-1985
121.66%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.