best performing stocks in the sandp 1981 to 2024

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1981 and 2024 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 6,420,500%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1981-2024
6,420,500%
Nike (NKE)
1981-2024
3,422,122.73%
US Bancorp (USB)
1981-2024
2,780,141.18%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1981-2024
773,165.63%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1981-2024
462,016.79%
Danaher (DHR)
1981-2024
415,118.12%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1981-2024
334,757.11%
Oracle (ORCL)
1981-2024
315,354.67%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1981-2024
289,782.66%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-2024
231,775.82%
Aflac (AFL)
1981-2024
231,056.4%
Paychex (PAYX)
1981-2024
228,642.2%
Apple (AAPL)
1981-2024
210,992.83%
Progressive (PGR)
1981-2024
205,546.58%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-2024
197,061.05%
Fastenal (FAST)
1981-2024
181,314.29%
Amazon (AMZN)
1981-2024
179,875.39%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1981-2024
165,650.32%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
1981-2024
162,398.38%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1981-2024
154,844.69%
Stryker (SYK)
1981-2024
145,510.17%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1981-2024
145,303.11%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1981-2024
128,045.28%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1981-2024
125,001.23%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1981-2024
120,152.99%