best performing large cap stocks 1975-2021

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) had the highest return between 1975 and 2021 by a large-cap US stock, returning 60,656,500%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG)
1975-2021
60,656,500%
Altria (MO)
1975-2021
8,779,550%
Ferguson (FERG)
1975-2021
5,725,610.34%
Nike (NKE)
1975-2021
4,494,825.71%
National Grid PLC ADR (NGG)
1975-2021
3,315,258.82%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
1975-2021
2,736,757.14%
Home Depot (HD)
1975-2021
2,247,060.71%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1975-2021
2,139,752.17%
Walmart (WMT)
1975-2021
1,389,942.42%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1975-2021
806,681.48%
Danaher (DHR)
1975-2021
712,883.33%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1975-2021
602,536.97%
Natwest (NWG)
1975-2021
478,160%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1975-2021
454,027.78%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1975-2021
421,801.61%
Progressive (PGR)
1975-2021
398,495.98%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1975-2021
369,561.02%
Stryker (SYK)
1975-2021
338,705.14%
Target (TGT)
1975-2021
316,563.4%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1975-2021
295,985.3%
Sysco (SYY)
1975-2021
293,329.05%
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)
1975-2021
275,084.81%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1975-2021
268,230.38%
Carlisle Companies (CSL)
1975-2021
263,935.99%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1975-2021
256,500.48%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.