best performing sandp stocks in 1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return in 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 166.8%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981
166.76%
Viatris (VTRS)
1981
104.54%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1981
73.69%
Home Depot (HD)
1981
66.87%
Hershey (HSY)
1981
51.54%
State Street (STT)
1981
49.71%
Sysco (SYY)
1981
47.46%
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
1981
46.83%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1981
45.73%
Huntington Bancshares (HBAN)
1981
44.66%
Hasbro (HAS)
1981
43.65%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1981
41.95%
Walmart (WMT)
1981
39.82%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1981
39.11%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1981
39.03%
Target (TGT)
1981
37.13%
Aon (AON)
1981
36.18%
General Mills (GIS)
1981
32.89%
Nike (NKE)
1981
30.3%
Emerson Electric (EMR)
1981
30.11%
American International (AIG)
1981
29.5%
CSX (CSX)
1981
28.19%
Kroger (KR)
1981
28.07%
Globe Life (GL)
1981
28.06%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1981
27.87%