best performing s and p stocks 1980 to 2024

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1980 and 2024 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,273,606%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1980-2024
2,273,605.95%
Nike (NKE)
1980-2024
2,125,305.71%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980-2024
1,647,263.01%
Progressive (PGR)
1980-2024
942,317.67%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-2024
774,755.08%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1980-2024
567,920.75%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1980-2024
480,830.7%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-2024
471,098.29%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1980-2024
443,668.93%
Danaher (DHR)
1980-2024
414,478.58%
Walmart (WMT)
1980-2024
364,435.77%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1980-2024
334,714.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-2024
325,296.84%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1980-2024
323,688.29%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1980-2024
289,782.66%
Apple (AAPL)
1980-2024
253,246.04%
Paychex (PAYX)
1980-2024
229,945.01%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1980-2024
228,791.71%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-2024
194,440.34%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1980-2024
187,316.8%
Fastenal (FAST)
1980-2024
184,229.84%
Amazon (AMZN)
1980-2024
179,875.39%
Rollins (ROL)
1980-2024
174,687.02%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1980-2024
162,398.37%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1980-2024
154,876.55%