50 best performing s and p stocks in 1981

Viatris (VTRS) had the highest return in 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 104.6%.

ASSET YEAR % RETURN
Viatris (VTRS)
1981
104.56%
Home Depot (HD)
1981
66.67%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981
59.28%
Hershey (HSY)
1981
51.54%
Sysco (SYY)
1981
47.41%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1981
45.73%
Altria (MO)
1981
42.86%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1981
41.93%
Walmart (WMT)
1981
41.1%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1981
39.03%
Target (TGT)
1981
37.15%
Aon (AON)
1981
36.17%
Nike (NKE)
1981
33.33%
General Mills (GIS)
1981
32.26%
American International (AIG)
1981
29.5%
Kroger (KR)
1981
28.07%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981
27.11%
Edison International (EIX)
1981
25.93%
Exelon (EXC)
1981
25.83%
Ball (BALL)
1981
25.12%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
1981
24.66%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1981
23.92%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1981
23.38%
Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
1981
23.19%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1981
23.15%