best performing stocks in the sandp past 50 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between October 2, 1976 and October 2, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 50,589,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
50,589,900%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
5,267,400%
Hasbro (HAS)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
1,183,847.37%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
1,125,288.35%
Nike (NKE)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
1,033,723.53%
Walmart (WMT)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
956,413.76%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
954,834.82%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
768,114.8%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
577,050%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
441,730.99%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
391,272.55%
Stryker (SYK)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
363,846.67%
Apple (AAPL)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
336,617.64%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
334,638.77%
Hubbell (HUBB)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
316,067.91%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
274,939.84%
Fastenal (FAST)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
267,054.26%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
232,042.86%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
229,351.48%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
219,461.94%
W R Berkley (WRB)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
219,326.75%
Aflac (AFL)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
217,048.44%
Sysco (SYY)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
209,522.64%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
203,534.13%
Danaher (DHR)
10/2/1976 - 10/2/2026
199,673.58%