best performing stocks in the sandp past 50 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between October 3, 1976 and October 3, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 52,079,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
52,079,900%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
5,367,400%
Hasbro (HAS)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
1,178,057.89%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
1,125,579.61%
Nike (NKE)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
996,076.47%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
963,643.02%
Walmart (WMT)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
956,413.76%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
783,702.61%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
584,775%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
442,669.95%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
396,958.82%
Stryker (SYK)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
367,140%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
340,779.93%
Apple (AAPL)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
340,052.91%
Hubbell (HUBB)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
321,849.9%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
283,366.14%
Fastenal (FAST)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
269,846.81%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
234,257.14%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
227,486.21%
W R Berkley (WRB)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
219,581.53%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
218,592.68%
Aflac (AFL)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
217,751.56%
Sysco (SYY)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
209,900%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
206,233.06%
Danaher (DHR)
10/3/1976 - 10/3/2026
201,843.4%