The bigger, the better - sometimes. Not every large-cap stock delivers impressive growth. But these nimble giants have.

Nimble giants

Large-cap U.S. growth stocks have outperformed other categories of stocks over the last 30 years. Putnam Investments maintains an optimistic outlook for large-cap growth stocks due to structural, multi-year tailwinds.

It's possible that other types of stocks could outperform large-cap growth stocks in the coming years. JP Morgan analysts, among others, believe that small-cap and mid-cap stocks could deliver greater returns than large-cap stocks. Also, individual large-cap stocks that have delivered strong earnings growth in the past might not do so in the future.

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