best performing stocks in the sandp 1974 to 2025

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between 1974 and 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 14,704,900%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Altria (MO)
1974-2025
14,704,900%
Walmart (WMT)
1974-2025
2,341,775%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-2025
2,107,221.43%
Nike (NKE)
1974-2025
1,855,042.86%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-2025
1,360,623.98%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1974-2025
826,206.91%
Danaher (DHR)
1974-2025
563,556.72%
Amgen (AMGN)
1974-2025
529,414.87%
Stryker (SYK)
1974-2025
483,009.35%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1974-2025
452,418.7%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1974-2025
435,560.38%
Oracle (ORCL)
1974-2025
396,546.94%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-2025
394,734.67%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1974-2025
388,458.14%
Apple (AAPL)
1974-2025
290,743.5%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1974-2025
289,667.86%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-2025
273,098%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-2025
259,405.41%
Rollins (ROL)
1974-2025
232,342.75%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1974-2025
229,173.1%
Fastenal (FAST)
1974-2025
211,784.82%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1974-2025
210,336.77%
Aflac (AFL)
1974-2025
209,188.46%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1974-2025
205,901.55%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-2025
200,039.98%