The best of the originals

Annual compound rate of shareholder return, with dividends reinvested, since 1984

British American Tobacco

16.4%

Relx

14.4

Rio Tinto

13.8

Unilever

13.2

Whitbread

12.7

Legal & General

12.6

Reckitt

12.4

BAE Systems

12.1

Associated British Foods

12

Prudential

10.5

Tesco

10.3

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5

10

15

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5

10

15

British American Tobacco

16.4%

Relx

14.4

Rio Tinto

13.8

Unilever

13.2

Whitbread

12.7

Legal & General

12.6

Reckitt

12.4

BAE Systems

12.1

Associated British Foods

12

Prudential

10.5

Tesco

10.3