best performing stocks in the sandp 1979 to 1982

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1979 and 1982 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,321.5%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-1982
1,321.55%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1979-1982
1,205.35%
Home Depot (HD)
1979-1982
798.8%
Sysco (SYY)
1979-1982
548.69%
State Street (STT)
1979-1982
355.83%
Humana (HUM)
1979-1982
299.87%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979-1982
293.02%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979-1982
275.63%
Teradyne (TER)
1979-1982
245.44%
Medtronic (MDT)
1979-1982
241.5%
HP (HPQ)
1979-1982
232.07%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1979-1982
231.8%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1979-1982
222.83%
Stryker (SYK)
1979-1982
214.66%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1979-1982
209.98%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1979-1982
208.71%
Equifax (EFX)
1979-1982
190.44%
Kroger (KR)
1979-1982
180.66%
Hershey (HSY)
1979-1982
178.39%
CVS Health (CVS)
1979-1982
168.26%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979-1982
163.16%
Ball (BALL)
1979-1982
154.36%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1979-1982
148.84%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979-1982
141.29%
Pfizer (PFE)
1979-1982
138.44%