HISTORICAL RANKINGS
The last 20 years.
2006-10 to 2026-10. $1,000 invested, dividends reinvested. Only assets with full history and a matching endpoint.
A curated universe, not the entire market. Surviving assets only; delisted companies are absent. These rankings are not investment recommendations.
| Rank | Asset | Type | Total return | Value of $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA (NVDA) | STOCK | 39,584.72% | $396,847.17 |
| 2 | Netflix (NFLX) | STOCK | 16,564.85% | $166,648.52 |
| 3 | Apple (AAPL) | STOCK | 14,238.74% | $143,387.44 |
| 4 | Amazon (AMZN) | STOCK | 12,921.79% | $130,217.90 |
| 5 | Booking Holdings (BKNG) | STOCK | 9,798.52% | $98,985.16 |
| 6 | Mastercard (MA) | STOCK | 9,208.39% | $93,083.85 |
| 7 | Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) | STOCK | 7,940.95% | $80,409.54 |
| 8 | ASML (ASML) | STOCK | 7,232.46% | $73,324.58 |
| 9 | Micron (MU) | STOCK | 6,128.83% | $62,288.33 |
| 10 | KLA (KLAC) | STOCK | 5,462.83% | $55,628.28 |
| 11 | Lam Research (LRCX) | STOCK | 5,390.52% | $54,905.20 |
| 12 | Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) | STOCK | 4,004.26% | $41,042.65 |
| 13 | Regeneron (REGN) | STOCK | 3,952.95% | $40,529.52 |
| 14 | Eli Lilly (LLY) | STOCK | 3,892.89% | $39,928.87 |
| 15 | VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) | ETF | 3,552.02% | $36,520.19 |
| 16 | Applied Materials (AMAT) | STOCK | 2,866.99% | $29,669.90 |
| 17 | Costco (COST) | STOCK | 2,658.50% | $27,584.97 |
| 18 | Alphabet (GOOGL) | STOCK | 2,611.51% | $27,115.08 |
| 19 | Microsoft (MSFT) | STOCK | 2,507.97% | $26,079.71 |
| 20 | Salesforce (CRM) | STOCK | 2,496.77% | $25,967.73 |
| 21 | Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | STOCK | 2,329.67% | $24,296.66 |
| 22 | Chipotle (CMG) | STOCK | 2,197.16% | $22,971.62 |
| 23 | Deere (DE) | STOCK | 2,114.39% | $22,143.90 |
| 24 | Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) | ETF | 1,977.42% | $20,774.24 |
| 25 | Invesco QQQ (QQQ) | ETF | 1,835.63% | $19,356.31 |
| 26 | Caterpillar (CAT) | STOCK | 1,752.00% | $18,519.97 |
| 27 | Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) | STOCK | 1,564.29% | $16,642.89 |
| 28 | Danaher (DHR) | STOCK | 1,510.37% | $16,103.67 |
| 29 | Novo Nordisk (NVO) | STOCK | 1,470.38% | $15,703.81 |
| 30 | Texas Instruments (TXN) | STOCK | 1,428.43% | $15,284.26 |
| 31 | Home Depot (HD) | STOCK | 1,326.60% | $14,265.97 |
| 32 | Gilead Sciences (GILD) | STOCK | 1,227.37% | $13,273.66 |
| 33 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) | STOCK | 1,190.47% | $12,904.68 |
| 34 | ADP (ADP) | STOCK | 1,167.63% | $12,676.32 |
| 35 | Lockheed Martin (LMT) | STOCK | 1,144.62% | $12,446.23 |
| 36 | BlackRock (BLK) | STOCK | 1,102.12% | $12,021.18 |
| 37 | JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | STOCK | 1,062.21% | $11,622.10 |
| 38 | NextEra Energy (NEE) | STOCK | 1,059.18% | $11,591.75 |
| 39 | UnitedHealth (UNH) | STOCK | 1,023.61% | $11,236.12 |
| 40 | Intuit (INTU) | STOCK | 1,017.68% | $11,176.76 |
| 41 | Walmart (WMT) | STOCK | 989.35% | $10,893.53 |
| 42 | S&P Global (SPGI) | STOCK | 952.54% | $10,525.44 |
| 43 | McDonald's (MCD) | STOCK | 947.45% | $10,474.50 |
| 44 | Lowe's (LOW) | STOCK | 841.27% | $9,412.72 |
| 45 | Amgen (AMGN) | STOCK | 767.01% | $8,670.10 |
| 46 | Oracle (ORCL) | STOCK | 763.46% | $8,634.57 |
| 47 | SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | ETF | 694.99% | $7,949.94 |
| 48 | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | ETF | 684.38% | $7,843.83 |
| 49 | Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) | STOCK | 671.25% | $7,712.52 |
| 50 | Qualcomm (QCOM) | STOCK | 669.99% | $7,699.94 |
| 51 | Chevron (CVX) | STOCK | 650.32% | $7,503.17 |
| 52 | American Express (AXP) | STOCK | 632.42% | $7,324.18 |
| 53 | RTX (RTX) | STOCK | 630.02% | $7,300.24 |
| 54 | Starbucks (SBUX) | STOCK | 628.08% | $7,280.78 |
| 55 | Coca-Cola (KO) | STOCK | 627.59% | $7,275.90 |
| 56 | Abbott (ABT) | STOCK | 618.50% | $7,185.00 |
| 57 | Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | STOCK | 597.95% | $6,979.50 |
| 58 | Cisco (CSCO) | STOCK | 591.04% | $6,910.39 |
| 59 | Adobe (ADBE) | STOCK | 589.73% | $6,897.26 |
| 60 | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) | ETF | 587.84% | $6,878.43 |
| 61 | Intel (INTC) | STOCK | 584.98% | $6,849.78 |
| 62 | Merck (MRK) | STOCK | 570.98% | $6,709.84 |
| 63 | Charles Schwab (SCHW) | STOCK | 570.29% | $6,702.91 |
| 64 | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) | ETF | 570.25% | $6,702.51 |
| 65 | SAP (SAP) | STOCK | 560.69% | $6,606.93 |
| 66 | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) | ETF | 549.51% | $6,495.12 |
| 67 | ConocoPhillips (COP) | STOCK | 540.46% | $6,404.60 |
| 68 | Goldman Sachs (GS) | STOCK | 537.54% | $6,375.36 |
| 69 | Southern Company (SO) | STOCK | 515.03% | $6,150.33 |
| 70 | SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) | ETF | 508.58% | $6,085.82 |
| 71 | GameStop (GME) | STOCK | 477.57% | $5,775.67 |
| 72 | Duke Energy (DUK) | STOCK | 451.50% | $5,514.96 |
| 73 | IBM (IBM) | STOCK | 437.68% | $5,376.81 |
| 74 | Exxon Mobil (XOM) | STOCK | 408.83% | $5,088.28 |
| 75 | iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | ETF | 372.27% | $4,722.66 |
| 76 | Mondelez (MDLZ) | STOCK | 371.83% | $4,718.34 |
| 77 | Colgate-Palmolive (CL) | STOCK | 369.87% | $4,698.66 |
| 78 | Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) | ETF | 350.53% | $4,505.33 |
| 79 | Walt Disney (DIS) | STOCK | 349.56% | $4,495.60 |
| 80 | Procter & Gamble (PG) | STOCK | 348.40% | $4,484.02 |
| 81 | Morgan Stanley (MS) | STOCK | 334.29% | $4,342.89 |
| 82 | Nike (NKE) | STOCK | 330.96% | $4,309.57 |
| 83 | Target (TGT) | STOCK | 329.43% | $4,294.27 |
| 84 | FedEx (FDX) | STOCK | 302.72% | $4,027.19 |
| 85 | iShares Silver Trust (SLV) | ETF | 297.13% | $3,971.31 |
| 86 | Wells Fargo (WFC) | STOCK | 289.20% | $3,892.01 |
| 87 | PepsiCo (PEP) | STOCK | 286.60% | $3,865.96 |
| 88 | Verizon (VZ) | STOCK | 277.74% | $3,777.43 |
| 89 | Sony (SONY) | STOCK | 272.31% | $3,723.15 |
| 90 | Boeing (BA) | STOCK | 227.69% | $3,276.94 |
| 91 | AT&T (T) | STOCK | 226.01% | $3,260.13 |
| 92 | Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) | ETF | 187.57% | $2,875.71 |
| 93 | Pfizer (PFE) | STOCK | 184.32% | $2,843.16 |
| 94 | Ford (F) | STOCK | 181.82% | $2,818.23 |
| 95 | Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) | ETF | 180.80% | $2,807.99 |
| 96 | Comcast (CMCSA) | STOCK | 174.06% | $2,740.64 |
| 97 | GE Aerospace (GE) | STOCK | 170.78% | $2,707.82 |
| 98 | Toyota (TM) | STOCK | 165.11% | $2,651.06 |
| 99 | UPS (UPS) | STOCK | 163.70% | $2,636.99 |
| 100 | Occidental Petroleum (OXY) | STOCK | 141.15% | $2,411.50 |
| 101 | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) | ETF | 70.41% | $1,704.11 |
| 102 | Bank of America (BAC) | STOCK | 41.81% | $1,418.11 |
| 103 | Citigroup (C) | STOCK | -63.26% | $367.42 |