100 best performing s and p 500 stocks in last 40 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between November 2, 1986 and November 2, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,130,769.6%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Altria (MO)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
1,130,769.57%
Microsoft (MSFT)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
630,988.27%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
511,500%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
452,202.88%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
337,348.1%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
301,678.29%
Apple (AAPL)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
290,481.79%
Fastenal (FAST)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
277,493.58%
Lam Research (LRCX)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
247,425.88%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
221,319.49%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
199,885.26%
Amazon (AMZN)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
197,069.81%
Nike (NKE)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
194,221.61%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
176,614.13%
Amgen (AMGN)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
148,027.78%
Home Depot (HD)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
146,016.29%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
142,062.16%
Ross Stores (ROST)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
132,236.23%
Micron Technology (MU)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
129,760.56%
Amphenol (APH)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
126,780%
Danaher (DHR)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
102,793.22%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
99,133.41%
Adobe (ADBE)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
97,952.51%
Texas Pacific Land (TPL)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
94,774.14%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
11/2/1986 - 11/2/2026
83,582.12%