best performing stocks in the sandp 1980 to 1999

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1980 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 239,736.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1980-1999
239,736.31%
Nike (NKE)
1980-1999
129,362.86%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980-1999
124,323.7%
Altria (MO)
1980-1999
70,900%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1980-1999
69,174.16%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-1999
65,873.57%
Walmart (WMT)
1980-1999
59,784.55%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1980-1999
55,709.26%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-1999
44,173.62%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1980-1999
35,653.06%
State Street (STT)
1980-1999
24,053.48%
Paychex (PAYX)
1980-1999
21,503.18%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980-1999
19,260.6%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-1999
18,075.76%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980-1999
17,721.16%
Amgen (AMGN)
1980-1999
17,372.6%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1980-1999
17,235.52%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1980-1999
16,056.65%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1980-1999
15,791.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1980-1999
14,677.78%
US Bancorp (USB)
1980-1999
13,871.94%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-1999
13,413.38%
Best Buy (BBY)
1980-1999
13,302.79%
Progressive (PGR)
1980-1999
13,173.49%
Sysco (SYY)
1980-1999
12,792.58%