McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return before 1984 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 13,108.1%.

best performing sandp stocks 191 through 1983
ASSET % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD) 13,108.11%
Hasbro (HAS) 8,275.61%
Southwest Airlines (LUV) 2,596.46%
Altria (MO) 2,219.75%
HP (HPQ) 2,077.01%
Walmart (WMT) 2,005.22%
Home Depot (HD) 1,833.71%
PulteGroup (PHM) 1,568.35%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 1,315.46%
Lockheed Martin (LMT) 1,197.25%
FedEx (FDX) 1,118.15%
Walt Disney (DIS) 1,113.64%
Boeing (BA) 1,109.38%
Motorola Solutions (MSI) 1,102.93%
General Dynamics (GD) 1,001.68%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) 805.78%
Revvity (RVTY) 788.29%
Merck (MRK) 749.56%
Coca-Cola (KO) 622.73%
Sysco (SYY) 611.79%
International Business Machines (IBM) 533.59%
Kroger (KR) 438.96%
Marathon Oil (MRO) 406.83%
Analog Devices (ADI) 398.97%
3M (MMM) 320.11%

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