best performing stocks in the sandp from 1979 to 2023

Booking (BKNG) had the highest return between 1979 and 2023 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,163,370,833.3%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Booking (BKNG)
1979-2023
1,163,370,833.33%
Altria (MO)
1979-2023
8,824,650%
Nike (NKE)
1979-2023
2,978,620%
Home Depot (HD)
1979-2023
1,976,166.47%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-2023
1,562,824.31%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1979-2023
624,715.68%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1979-2023
561,130.19%
Danaher (DHR)
1979-2023
530,514.35%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1979-2023
473,585.11%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1979-2023
429,449.3%
Amgen (AMGN)
1979-2023
423,623.32%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1979-2023
388,817.86%
Stryker (SYK)
1979-2023
388,221.87%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1979-2023
311,628.48%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1979-2023
208,172.35%
Oracle (ORCL)
1979-2023
203,285.21%
Apple (AAPL)
1979-2023
193,730.08%
Paychex (PAYX)
1979-2023
189,540.1%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1979-2023
181,310.88%
Rollins (ROL)
1979-2023
162,401.91%
Fastenal (FAST)
1979-2023
162,268.59%
Aflac (AFL)
1979-2023
151,867.5%
Progressive (PGR)
1979-2023
135,509.89%
Amazon (AMZN)
1979-2023
124,543.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1979-2023
123,518.32%