best performing stocks in the sandp 1976 to 1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1976 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 7,195.2%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1976-1985
7,195.18%
Walmart (WMT)
1976-1985
4,132.26%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1976-1985
3,362.96%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1976-1985
3,228.74%
Boeing (BA)
1976-1985
1,918.52%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1976-1985
1,851.76%
Loews (L)
1976-1985
1,483.18%
State Street (STT)
1976-1985
1,294.57%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1976-1985
1,180.62%
Sysco (SYY)
1976-1985
1,067.94%
Revvity (RVTY)
1976-1985
1,014.79%
Progressive (PGR)
1976-1985
993.17%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1976-1985
962.5%
General Dynamics (GD)
1976-1985
961.54%
Altria (MO)
1976-1985
875%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1976-1985
831.13%
Home Depot (HD)
1976-1985
813.1%
Equifax (EFX)
1976-1985
804.46%
Kroger (KR)
1976-1985
791.99%
Teradyne (TER)
1976-1985
780.86%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1976-1985
715.75%
Pentair (PNR)
1976-1985
676.3%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1976-1985
665%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1976-1985
650.09%
Target (TGT)
1976-1985
633.89%