best performing stocks in the sandp 1981 to 1999

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1981 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 239,736.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1981-1999
239,736.31%
Nike (NKE)
1981-1999
137,209.09%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1981-1999
69,179.25%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1981-1999
65,873.57%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-1999
60,364.33%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1981-1999
58,992.16%
Oracle (ORCL)
1981-1999
44,173.62%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-1999
32,277.14%
Paychex (PAYX)
1981-1999
21,503.18%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1981-1999
19,419.05%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1981-1999
17,721.16%
Amgen (AMGN)
1981-1999
17,372.6%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1981-1999
17,235.52%
Aflac (AFL)
1981-1999
16,727.38%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1981-1999
15,791.59%
US Bancorp (USB)
1981-1999
14,739.83%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1981-1999
14,558.22%
State Street (STT)
1981-1999
14,105.01%
Best Buy (BBY)
1981-1999
13,302.79%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1981-1999
11,973.83%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1981-1999
10,782.4%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1981-1999
10,757.14%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1981-1999
10,371.04%
Danaher (DHR)
1981-1999
8,323.42%
Ford Motor (F)
1981-1999
8,164.85%