best performing stocks in the sandp 1985 to 1988

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1985 and 1988 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 7,562.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1985-1988
7,562.5%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-1988
6,527.27%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-1988
936.15%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-1988
706.65%
Rollins (ROL)
1985-1988
656.49%
Autodesk (ADSK)
1985-1988
617.51%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-1988
610.31%
Loews (L)
1985-1988
558.55%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1985-1988
479.18%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1985-1988
461.75%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1985-1988
430%
CMS Energy (CMS)
1985-1988
427.03%
Altria (MO)
1985-1988
424.14%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1985-1988
352.47%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985-1988
338.53%
Equifax (EFX)
1985-1988
336.51%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1985-1988
330.58%
Nordson (NDSN)
1985-1988
329.4%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1985-1988
318.28%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-1988
317.93%
Merck (MRK)
1985-1988
303.74%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-1988
303.48%
Ford Motor (F)
1985-1988
299.14%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1985-1988
289.27%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-1988
280.31%