best performing large cap stocks 1970-2023

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) had the highest return between 1970 and 2023 by a large-cap US stock, returning 88,379,500%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1970-2023
88,379,500%
Altria (MO)
1970-2023
8,824,650%
Ferguson (FERG)
1970-2023
6,467,479.31%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-2023
5,174,205.45%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
1970-2023
3,439,688.24%
Nike (NKE)
1970-2023
2,997,637.14%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1970-2023
2,528,028.57%
Home Depot (HD)
1970-2023
1,977,108.93%
QXO (QXO)
1970-2023
814,429.29%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1970-2023
686,053.6%
Progressive (PGR)
1970-2023
622,398.39%
Danaher (DHR)
1970-2023
570,112.44%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1970-2023
557,551.85%
Natwest (NWG)
1970-2023
501,850%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1970-2023
454,629.55%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
1970-2023
454,491.77%
Walmart (WMT)
1970-2023
452,006.14%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1970-2023
428,955.09%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1970-2023
388,817.86%
Stryker (SYK)
1970-2023
388,221.87%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1970-2023
376,118.99%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1970-2023
213,037.5%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1970-2023
208,234.51%
Watsco (WSO.B)
1970-2023
204,888.7%
Oracle (ORCL)
1970-2023
203,285.21%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.