best s and p stock returns 1979 to 1983 statmuse

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1979 and 1983 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,508.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-1983
2,508.79%
Home Depot (HD)
1979-1983
1,827.38%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1979-1983
1,568.32%
Walmart (WMT)
1979-1983
1,334.94%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1979-1983
907.94%
Teradyne (TER)
1979-1983
772.61%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979-1983
515.38%
Sysco (SYY)
1979-1983
500.91%
Progressive (PGR)
1979-1983
427.31%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1979-1983
398.97%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979-1983
379.99%
State Street (STT)
1979-1983
378.03%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979-1983
355.76%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979-1983
309.61%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1979-1983
305.77%
Stryker (SYK)
1979-1983
299.08%
HP (HPQ)
1979-1983
286.96%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1979-1983
285.29%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1979-1983
282.72%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1979-1983
274.74%
Target (TGT)
1979-1983
266.91%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
1979-1983
261.65%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1979-1983
252.47%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1979-1983
246.68%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979-1983
245.38%