best performing stocks in the sandp in last 50 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between May 2, 1976 and May 2, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 48,359,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
48,359,900%
Altria (MO)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
2,761,011.11%
Home Depot (HD)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
1,950,984.34%
Walmart (WMT)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
1,290,096.08%
Nike (NKE)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
1,268,471.43%
Hasbro (HAS)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
1,237,172.73%
McDonald’s (MCD)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
1,209,351.48%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
699,967.57%
Amgen (AMGN)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
520,120.82%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
494,787.78%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
448,591.59%
Danaher (DHR)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
436,683.04%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
410,092.31%
Stryker (SYK)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
390,270.86%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
347,805.66%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
340,832.54%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
302,450.54%
Apple (AAPL)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
284,884.74%
KLA (KLAC)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
284,104.81%
Fastenal (FAST)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
237,519.05%
W R Berkley (WRB)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
235,290.07%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
219,965.63%
Aflac (AFL)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
218,236.56%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
216,521.25%
Rollins (ROL)
5/2/1976 - 5/2/2026
209,785.06%