best performing sandp500 stocks in the year 1981

Viatris (VTRS) had the best year in 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC) in 1981, returning 104.6%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Viatris (VTRS)
1981
104.55%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1981
73.69%
Hershey (HSY)
1981
51.58%
State Street (STT)
1981
49.71%
Sysco (SYY)
1981
47.49%
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
1981
46.82%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1981
45.73%
Huntington Bancshares (HBAN)
1981
44.61%
Hasbro (HAS)
1981
43.14%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1981
41.96%
FedEx (FDX)
1981
41.24%
Walmart (WMT)
1981
39.69%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1981
39.1%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1981
39.04%
Target (TGT)
1981
37.17%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981
36.18%
Aon (AON)
1981
36.17%
General Mills (GIS)
1981
32.89%
Nike (NKE)
1981
31.25%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
1981
30.1%
American International (AIG)
1981
29.5%
CSX (CSX)
1981
28.23%
Kroger (KR)
1981
28.09%
Globe Life (GL)
1981
28.05%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981
27.86%