best performing stocks in s and p 500 past 50 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between November 1, 1976 and November 1, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,001,053.8%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Altria (MO)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
3,001,053.85%
Home Depot (HD)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
1,723,460.21%
Walmart (WMT)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
1,210,782.35%
Nike (NKE)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
1,137,252.94%
Microsoft (MSFT)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
884,493.22%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
566,068.36%
TJX Companies (TJX)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
554,484.98%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
511,500%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
452,202.88%
Stryker (SYK)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
389,046.67%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
372,924.75%
Apple (AAPL)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
351,204.79%
Fastenal (FAST)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
277,493.58%
Sysco (SYY)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
275,315.28%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
260,718.36%
Hasbro (HAS)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
258,229.72%
W R Berkley (WRB)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
244,469.54%
Aflac (AFL)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
241,872.66%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
227,559.14%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
221,319.49%
Danaher (DHR)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
218,984.91%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
217,140.79%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
216,612.33%
Amgen (AMGN)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
202,954.47%
Progressive (PGR)
11/1/1976 - 11/1/2026
201,188.08%