Nike (NKE) had the highest return in 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 657.1%.

best performing sandp stocks 1986
ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Nike (NKE) 1986 657.14%
Hormel Foods (HRL) 1986 178.84%
FMC (FMC) 1986 124.54%
Coca-Cola (KO) 1986 119.53%
US Bancorp (USB) 1986 101.14%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 1986 100.47%
Tyson Foods (TSN) 1986 100.3%
Vulcan Materials (VMC) 1986 94.79%
Microsoft (MSFT) 1986 89.4%
Adobe Systems (ADBE) 1986 88.27%
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) 1986 88.11%
Merck (MRK) 1986 84.62%
Apple (AAPL) 1986 83.93%
Paychex (PAYX) 1986 83.52%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) 1986 82.08%
Medtronic (MDT) 1986 80.12%
Western Digital (WDC) 1986 74.12%
Johnson Controls International (JCI) 1986 72.05%
Altria (MO) 1986 68.72%
Franklin Resources (BEN) 1986 65.13%
Amgen (AMGN) 1986 64.54%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX) 1986 62.96%
Best Buy (BBY) 1986 62.41%
Nordson (NDSN) 1986 61.64%
Sysco (SYY) 1986 61.45%

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