best performing stocks in the sandp 1988 to 2008

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1988 and 2008 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 49,313.9%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Altria (MO)
1988-2008
49,313.86%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1988-2008
23,666.78%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1988-2008
21,957.84%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1988-2008
21,688.64%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1988-2008
21,068.18%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1988-2008
17,122.43%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1988-2008
14,700.66%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1988-2008
14,321.5%
Fastenal (FAST)
1988-2008
12,134.06%
Oracle (ORCL)
1988-2008
9,809.12%
T Rowe Price (TROW)
1988-2008
9,404.15%
Best Buy (BBY)
1988-2008
9,283%
Amgen (AMGN)
1988-2008
8,770.75%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1988-2008
8,415.46%
Nike (NKE)
1988-2008
7,559.83%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1988-2008
7,218.96%
US Bancorp (USB)
1988-2008
6,748.29%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1988-2008
6,711.5%
Devon Energy (DVN)
1988-2008
6,295.97%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1988-2008
6,012.78%
Ross Stores (ROST)
1988-2008
5,918.49%
Stryker (SYK)
1988-2008
5,589.98%
Danaher (DHR)
1988-2008
5,197.5%
Paychex (PAYX)
1988-2008
5,109.77%
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
1988-2008
4,921.48%