best performing mega cap stock of all-time

McDonald’s (MCD) has had the highest return by a mega-cap US stock, returning 6,907,109.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
7/5/1966 - 10/10/2025
6,907,109.3%
Home Depot (HD)
9/22/1981 - 10/10/2025
2,236,507.14%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/13/1986 - 10/10/2025
944,373.2%
Walmart (WMT)
8/25/1972 - 10/10/2025
893,233.33%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/12/1986 - 10/10/2025
577,730.37%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/22/1999 - 10/10/2025
456,658.1%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/17/1984 - 10/10/2025
316,417.86%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/17/1980 - 10/10/2025
253,065.52%
Apple (AAPL)
12/12/1980 - 10/10/2025
248,905.08%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
203,878.61%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/15/1997 - 10/10/2025
177,397.95%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
4/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
138,476.45%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
2/16/1990 - 10/10/2025
134,969.58%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
122,909.17%
Merck (MRK)
1/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
113,044.74%
Netflix (NFLX)
5/23/2002 - 10/10/2025
105,406.75%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
6/1/1972 - 10/10/2025
93,361.54%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
3/17/1980 - 10/10/2025
74,127.32%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
4/30/1981 - 10/10/2025
65,487.56%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
6/1/1972 - 10/10/2025
55,781.93%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
3/15/1995 - 10/10/2025
52,738.36%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
49,384.3%
PepsiCo (PEP)
6/1/1972 - 10/10/2025
39,687.91%
Chevron (CVX)
1/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
38,736.72%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/2/1962 - 10/10/2025
38,193.48%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.