best performing large cap stocks 1983-1988

Hormel Foods (HRL) had the highest return between 1983 and 1988 by a large-cap US stock, returning 7,109.9%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1983-1988
7,109.89%
BHP (BHP)
1983-1988
2,681.9%
Nike (NKE)
1983-1988
2,565.22%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1983-1988
2,317.69%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1983-1988
2,279.1%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
1983-1988
1,137.5%
Loews (L)
1983-1988
1,106.57%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1983-1988
1,054.29%
Danaher (DHR)
1983-1988
1,029.19%
Rollins (ROL)
1983-1988
952.78%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1983-1988
928.71%
Altria (MO)
1983-1988
913.33%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1983-1988
706.65%
Imperial Oil (IMO)
1983-1988
686.5%
Ford Motor (F)
1983-1988
655.28%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1983-1988
617.51%
Brown-Forman (BF.A)
1983-1988
577.33%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1983-1988
518.16%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1983-1988
506.45%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1983-1988
482.08%
Aflac (AFL)
1983-1988
468.53%
Equifax (EFX)
1983-1988
454.88%
British American Tobacco (BTI)
1983-1988
446.57%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1983-1988
440.14%
Kellanova (K)
1983-1988
435.12%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.