best performing stocks in the sandp from 1974 to 2025

Johnson Controls International (JCI) had the highest return between 1974 and 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 39,573,300%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1974-2025
39,573,300%
Walmart (WMT)
1974-2025
2,306,254.17%
Altria (MO)
1974-2025
2,115,123.08%
Nike (NKE)
1974-2025
1,825,494.12%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1974-2025
894,818.44%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1974-2025
465,061.5%
Stryker (SYK)
1974-2025
464,546.27%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-2025
432,171.79%
Oracle (ORCL)
1974-2025
383,805.39%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1974-2025
371,565.31%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1974-2025
296,609.35%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-2025
290,785.13%
Apple (AAPL)
1974-2025
276,273.09%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-2025
260,275.04%
Rollins (ROL)
1974-2025
229,041.7%
Adobe (ADBE)
1974-2025
228,055.15%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1974-2025
220,115.81%
Danaher (DHR)
1974-2025
214,576.32%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-2025
212,787.61%
Aflac (AFL)
1974-2025
211,961.13%
Fastenal (FAST)
1974-2025
209,963.64%
Amazon (AMZN)
1974-2025
189,251.93%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-2025
186,471.64%
Hasbro (HAS)
1974-2025
173,816.27%
Boeing (BA)
1974-2025
166,915.38%