best sandp stocks past 45 years

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has had the highest return between April 18, 1981 and April 18, 2026 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 140,869,900%.

ASSETDATE% RETURN
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
140,869,900%
Home Depot (HD)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
2,104,719.28%
Nike (NKE)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
1,353,723.53%
Microsoft (MSFT)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
714,072.3%
Amgen (AMGN)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
560,310.09%
McDonald’s (MCD)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
554,908.91%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
502,842.64%
Hasbro (HAS)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
490,556.57%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
423,700%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
378,337.5%
Oracle (ORCL)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
347,241.27%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
308,562.52%
Apple (AAPL)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
306,630.99%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
306,154.72%
Danaher (DHR)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
285,039.09%
Fastenal (FAST)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
240,847.37%
Aflac (AFL)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
239,983.86%
KLA (KLAC)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
237,176.81%
Walmart (WMT)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
232,140.44%
Amazon (AMZN)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
205,445.53%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
190,599.3%
Stryker (SYK)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
190,527.43%
Progressive (PGR)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
188,346.51%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
181,478.95%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
4/18/1981 - 4/18/2026
159,254.63%