best performing sandp 500 stock 1980 to 2000

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1980 and 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 188,500%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1980-2000
188,500%
Home Depot (HD)
1980-2000
159,832.74%
Nike (NKE)
1980-2000
146,605.71%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980-2000
105,555.49%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1980-2000
52,122.22%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1980-2000
49,369.98%
Walmart (WMT)
1980-2000
46,140.65%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-2000
45,839.05%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1980-2000
42,679.59%
State Street (STT)
1980-2000
41,216.29%
Paychex (PAYX)
1980-2000
39,562.65%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-2000
26,356.39%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-2000
24,410.54%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1980-2000
23,409.03%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-2000
20,704.02%
Sysco (SYY)
1980-2000
19,686.42%
Progressive (PGR)
1980-2000
18,778.31%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1980-2000
18,743.35%
Amgen (AMGN)
1980-2000
18,499.87%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1980-2000
16,740.54%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980-2000
16,606.71%
US Bancorp (USB)
1980-2000
16,246.29%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1980-2000
15,921.69%
Medtronic (MDT)
1980-2000
13,592.39%
Northern Trust (NTRS)
1980-2000
13,151.61%