best performing stocks in the sandp may 1986

Nike (NKE) had the highest return in May 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 73.4%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Nike (NKE)
May 1986
73.42%
Home Depot (HD)
May 1986
27.92%
Rollins (ROL)
May 1986
26.57%
Amgen (AMGN)
May 1986
23.36%
W R Berkley (WRB)
May 1986
22.44%
Apple (AAPL)
May 1986
22.42%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
May 1986
21.43%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
May 1986
20.87%
EQT (EQT)
May 1986
17.44%
Lennar (LEN)
May 1986
17.24%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
May 1986
16.94%
Regions Financial (RF)
May 1986
16.89%
Northern Trust (NTRS)
May 1986
16.55%
S&P Global (SPGI)
May 1986
15.93%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
May 1986
15.16%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
May 1986
14.81%
Altria (MO)
May 1986
14.78%
CVS Health (CVS)
May 1986
14.72%
PepsiCo (PEP)
May 1986
14.35%
Best Buy (BBY)
May 1986
14.13%
Sysco (SYY)
May 1986
14.07%
Paychex (PAYX)
May 1986
14.06%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)
May 1986
13.93%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
May 1986
13.36%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
May 1986
13.36%