best performing stocks in the sandp 1965 to 2023

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1965 and 2023 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 6,618,197.7%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1965-2023
6,618,197.67%
Nike (NKE)
1965-2023
2,997,637.14%
Home Depot (HD)
1965-2023
1,977,108.93%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1965-2023
686,053.6%
Progressive (PGR)
1965-2023
622,651%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1965-2023
557,551.85%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1965-2023
454,629.55%
Walmart (WMT)
1965-2023
452,006.14%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1965-2023
428,955.09%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1965-2023
388,817.86%
Altria (MO)
1965-2023
356,455.56%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1965-2023
208,234.51%
Oracle (ORCL)
1965-2023
203,237.2%
Apple (AAPL)
1965-2023
193,721.02%
Paychex (PAYX)
1965-2023
189,448.58%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1965-2023
187,247.64%
Rollins (ROL)
1965-2023
162,909.54%
Fastenal (FAST)
1965-2023
162,262.5%
Aflac (AFL)
1965-2023
151,784.13%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1965-2023
136,256.62%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1965-2023
131,168.48%
Sysco (SYY)
1965-2023
124,875.99%
Amazon (AMZN)
1965-2023
124,543.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1965-2023
123,568.6%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1965-2023
123,343.39%