best performing sandp stocks 1970-2000

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1970 and 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 191,550%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1970-2000
191,550%
Nike (NKE)
1970-2000
159,084.38%
Home Depot (HD)
1970-2000
157,918.13%
Walmart (WMT)
1970-2000
99,682.46%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1970-2000
49,373.72%
Oracle (ORCL)
1970-2000
45,828.15%
Paychex (PAYX)
1970-2000
39,364.33%
Sysco (SYY)
1970-2000
28,274.37%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-2000
24,762.62%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1970-2000
24,405.54%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1970-2000
23,422.67%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1970-2000
23,254.58%
Medtronic (MDT)
1970-2000
20,822.85%
Aflac (AFL)
1970-2000
20,698.1%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1970-2000
18,743.35%
Amgen (AMGN)
1970-2000
18,500.88%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1970-2000
17,737.88%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1970-2000
15,912.7%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-2000
15,888.97%
Boeing (BA)
1970-2000
15,702.02%
Danaher (DHR)
1970-2000
15,634.95%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-2000
12,449.84%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1970-2000
12,393.98%
Merck (MRK)
1970-2000
12,302.91%
Pfizer (PFE)
1970-2000
11,852.35%