best performing stocks in the sandp 1981 to 2009

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1981 and 2009 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 408,121.9%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1981-2009
408,121.88%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1981-2009
199,900%
Hasbro (HAS)
1981-2009
150,881.45%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1981-2009
135,162.5%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1981-2009
133,915.6%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-2009
113,910.37%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-2009
101,071.2%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1981-2009
42,058.47%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1981-2009
41,104.15%
Oracle (ORCL)
1981-2009
38,976.49%
Aflac (AFL)
1981-2009
37,482.97%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1981-2009
32,284.81%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-2009
27,734.21%
Danaher (DHR)
1981-2009
27,331.81%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1981-2009
26,133.52%
Best Buy (BBY)
1981-2009
25,246.82%
US Bancorp (USB)
1981-2009
23,913.4%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1981-2009
23,876.53%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1981-2009
23,631.06%
Stryker (SYK)
1981-2009
23,559.61%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1981-2009
21,269.4%
Paychex (PAYX)
1981-2009
19,572.69%
State Street (STT)
1981-2009
18,825.03%
Fastenal (FAST)
1981-2009
18,059.04%
Amgen (AMGN)
1981-2009
16,351.98%