best performing stocks in the sandp 1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return in 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 166.7%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981
166.67%
Viatris (VTRS)
1981
104.54%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1981
69.82%
Home Depot (HD)
1981
66.67%
Hershey (HSY)
1981
51.56%
State Street (STT)
1981
49.68%
Sysco (SYY)
1981
47.46%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1981
45.73%
Altria (MO)
1981
42.86%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1981
41.95%
Walmart (WMT)
1981
41.1%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1981
39.11%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1981
39.04%
Aon (AON)
1981
36.17%
General Mills (GIS)
1981
32.88%
Nike (NKE)
1981
30.3%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
1981
30.11%
American International (AIG)
1981
29.5%
CSX (CSX)
1981
28.25%
Kroger (KR)
1981
28.09%
Globe Life (GL)
1981
28.06%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981
27.86%
Edison International (EIX)
1981
25.94%
Ball (BALL)
1981
25.08%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1981
23.89%