best performing international stocks in the sandp past 50 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between October 9, 1975 and October 9, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 16,354,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
16,354,900%
Home Depot (HD)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
2,284,364.29%
Nike (NKE)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
1,973,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
1,450,146.31%
Walmart (WMT)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
1,106,351.61%
Progressive (PGR)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
976,044.58%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
970,047.87%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
568,069.29%
Danaher (DHR)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
509,750.75%
Stryker (SYK)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
494,353.23%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
471,496.01%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
442,307.41%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
411,566.67%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
330,185.71%
Hubbell (HUBB)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
280,615.72%
Apple (AAPL)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
261,889.85%
Fastenal (FAST)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
247,556.25%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
228,761.02%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
227,259.84%
Rollins (ROL)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
221,732.06%
Aflac (AFL)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
213,857.93%
Paychex (PAYX)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
211,943.55%
Sysco (SYY)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
189,226.92%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
189,225.97%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/9/1975 - 10/9/2025
184,658%