best performing sandp 500 stock 1980 to 1998

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1980 and 1998 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 141,838.7%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1980-1998
141,838.69%
Altria (MO)
1980-1998
130,725%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980-1998
117,890.17%
Nike (NKE)
1980-1998
105,362.86%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1980-1998
44,100%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-1998
39,085.03%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1980-1998
35,330.61%
Walmart (WMT)
1980-1998
35,033.74%
Progressive (PGR)
1980-1998
30,569.88%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1980-1998
29,909.34%
State Street (STT)
1980-1998
22,896.14%
US Bancorp (USB)
1980-1998
19,576.61%
Paychex (PAYX)
1980-1998
18,268.68%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1980-1998
14,450.67%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-1998
14,247.69%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1980-1998
13,991.26%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-1998
12,391.01%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1980-1998
11,547.18%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980-1998
11,510.07%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-1998
11,261.34%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1980-1998
10,977.14%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1980-1998
9,754.63%
Danaher (DHR)
1980-1998
9,658.34%
Equifax (EFX)
1980-1998
9,213.17%
Pfizer (PFE)
1980-1998
8,809.33%