best performing sandp stocks in last 40 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between October 10, 1985 and October 10, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,119,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
2,119,900%
Nike (NKE)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
1,582,690.7%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
965,519.22%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
585,619.92%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
480,124.44%
Apple (AAPL)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
466,885.29%
Hubbell (HUBB)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
299,107.14%
Home Depot (HD)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
270,451.58%
Amgen (AMGN)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
250,476.76%
Fastenal (FAST)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
243,181.25%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
226,412.39%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
209,909.53%
Danaher (DHR)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
199,004.19%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
186,725.27%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
155,568.92%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
141,545.65%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
139,368.66%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
138,985.49%
Axon Enterprise (AXON)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
125,742.62%
Stryker (SYK)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
119,667.07%
Progressive (PGR)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
116,998.65%
Lam Research (LRCX)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
114,627.42%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
111,800.31%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
109,126.77%
Netflix (NFLX)
10/10/1985 - 10/10/2025
106,357.11%