best performing stocks in the sandp in last 50 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between May 5, 1976 and May 5, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 48,133,233.3%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
48,133,233.33%
Altria (MO)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
2,718,788.89%
Home Depot (HD)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
1,881,948.19%
Walmart (WMT)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
1,277,645.1%
Nike (NKE)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
1,231,042.86%
Hasbro (HAS)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
1,220,289.61%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
1,169,035.8%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
698,582.43%
Amgen (AMGN)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
510,704.42%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
494,862.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
433,965.42%
Danaher (DHR)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
433,914.96%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
397,207.69%
Stryker (SYK)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
385,171.52%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
357,618.25%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
349,664.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
304,239.04%
KLA (KLAC)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
281,974.4%
Apple (AAPL)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
281,517.5%
Fastenal (FAST)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
237,360.32%
W R Berkley (WRB)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
235,077.3%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
223,074.73%
Aflac (AFL)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
219,106.96%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
211,405.45%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
5/5/1976 - 5/5/2026
207,592.31%