best performing stocks in the sandp past 50 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between September 29, 1976 and September 29, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 49,806,566.7%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
49,806,566.67%
Monster Beverage (MNST)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
5,217,400%
Hasbro (HAS)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
1,161,215.79%
McDonald’s (MCD)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
1,119,421.53%
Nike (NKE)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
1,054,017.65%
Walmart (WMT)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
970,809.09%
Microsoft (MSFT)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
947,683.99%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
743,020.46%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
567,925%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
445,674.65%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
389,115.69%
Stryker (SYK)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
370,112.48%
Danaher (DHR)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
364,006.28%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
343,566.36%
Apple (AAPL)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
335,679.82%
Hubbell (HUBB)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
310,726%
Oracle (ORCL)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
274,382.07%
Fastenal (FAST)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
265,644.68%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
231,602.13%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
226,073.85%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
225,511.81%
Aflac (AFL)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
221,892.19%
W R Berkley (WRB)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
217,161.15%
Sysco (SYY)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
211,463.34%
Amazon (AMZN)
9/29/1976 - 9/29/2026
202,254.39%