best performing stocks in the sandp 1980 to 2000

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1980 and 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 146,100%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1980-2000
146,100%
Home Depot (HD)
1980-2000
136,704.19%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1980-2000
105,972.02%
Hasbro (HAS)
1980-2000
70,181.58%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1980-2000
52,447.06%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1980-2000
51,642.62%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-2000
45,853.19%
Walmart (WMT)
1980-2000
45,754.47%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1980-2000
42,831.21%
State Street (STT)
1980-2000
41,225.87%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-2000
26,358.57%
Paychex (PAYX)
1980-2000
25,497.86%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-2000
24,419.93%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
1980-2000
20,808.13%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-2000
20,715.82%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980-2000
19,904.5%
Sysco (SYY)
1980-2000
19,689.2%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1980-2000
18,743.35%
Amgen (AMGN)
1980-2000
18,494.64%
Danaher (DHR)
1980-2000
17,443.48%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1980-2000
16,711.22%
Medtronic (MDT)
1980-2000
16,306.75%
US Bancorp (USB)
1980-2000
16,236.15%
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY)
1980-2000
16,154.69%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1980-2000
16,062.74%