best performing stocks in the sandp 1940 to 1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1940 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 39,448.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1940-1985
39,448.78%
Hasbro (HAS)
1940-1985
29,185.53%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1940-1985
3,384.31%
Walmart (WMT)
1940-1985
3,323.68%
Altria (MO)
1940-1985
3,048.55%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1940-1985
2,592.15%
Boeing (BA)
1940-1985
2,182.7%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1940-1985
1,862.67%
HP (HPQ)
1940-1985
1,810.73%
FedEx (FDX)
1940-1985
1,496.58%
Loews (L)
1940-1985
1,483.32%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1940-1985
1,400%
State Street (STT)
1940-1985
1,293.67%
General Dynamics (GD)
1940-1985
1,281.78%
Merck (MRK)
1940-1985
1,281.44%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1940-1985
1,243.3%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1940-1985
1,142.75%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1940-1985
1,097.57%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1940-1985
977.15%
Revvity (RVTY)
1940-1985
976.94%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1940-1985
961.5%
Target (TGT)
1940-1985
844.19%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1940-1985
830.59%
Equifax (EFX)
1940-1985
804.47%
Sysco (SYY)
1940-1985
775.83%