best sandp stocks past 45 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between October 9, 1980 and October 9, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 9,345,614.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
9,345,614.29%
Home Depot (HD)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
2,284,364.29%
Nike (NKE)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
1,973,900%
McDonald’s (MCD)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
1,043,871.63%
Microsoft (MSFT)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
970,047.87%
Progressive (PGR)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
637,852.76%
Oracle (ORCL)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
568,069.29%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
471,496.01%
Danaher (DHR)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
417,333.81%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
385,222.58%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
343,220.46%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
330,185.71%
Hubbell (HUBB)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
327,511.24%
Aflac (AFL)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
261,960.89%
Apple (AAPL)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
261,889.85%
Walmart (WMT)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
257,150%
Stryker (SYK)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
255,547.14%
Fastenal (FAST)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
247,556.25%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
227,259.84%
Paychex (PAYX)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
211,943.55%
Amazon (AMZN)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
184,658%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
172,791.31%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
168,512.4%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
167,345.44%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
10/9/1980 - 10/9/2025
162,071.55%