best performing value stocks in the sandp past 50 years

Home Depot (HD) has had the highest return between November 6, 1975 and November 6, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,225,138.1%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
2,225,138.1%
Nike (NKE)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
1,774,471.43%
McDonald’s (MCD)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
1,448,572.99%
Walmart (WMT)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
957,164.15%
Microsoft (MSFT)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
937,349.17%
Progressive (PGR)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
839,016.47%
Danaher (DHR)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
527,785.57%
Oracle (ORCL)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
493,608.09%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
486,707.98%
Stryker (SYK)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
471,138.47%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
406,503.77%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
401,150%
Hubbell (HUBB)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
312,983.61%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
292,525%
Apple (AAPL)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
274,153.81%
Rollins (ROL)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
227,648.09%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
227,540.68%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
218,628.81%
Fastenal (FAST)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
218,119.9%
Aflac (AFL)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
212,595.98%
Amazon (AMZN)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
205,150.21%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
201,328.1%
Paychex (PAYX)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
195,042.38%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
186,636.43%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
11/6/1975 - 11/6/2025
174,168.88%