what is the best performing stock in the sandp 500 in the last 100 years

Altria (MO) has had the highest return between May 2, 1925 and May 2, 2025 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 11,861,900%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
Altria (MO)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
11,861,900%
Nike (NKE)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
2,579,900%
US Bancorp (USB)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
2,382,252.94%
Walmart (WMT)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
854,373.68%
Microsoft (MSFT)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
781,885.29%
Danaher (DHR)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
454,195.61%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
367,496.33%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
278,229.18%
Oracle (ORCL)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
277,023.81%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
244,117.73%
Progressive (PGR)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
243,034.85%
Paychex (PAYX)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
240,638.92%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
221,090.52%
Apple (AAPL)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
216,029.69%
Home Depot (HD)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
214,837.01%
Fastenal (FAST)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
205,792.86%
Aflac (AFL)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
195,960.61%
Fair Isaac (FICO)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
163,275.78%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
155,929.53%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
152,282.78%
Stryker (SYK)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
151,497.08%
Walt Disney (DIS)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
148,525.2%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
146,534.92%
General Dynamics (GD)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
140,578.76%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
5/2/1925 - 5/2/2025
137,032.08%