best performing sandp 500 stocks 1974-2024

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1974 and 2024 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 12,421,375%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1974-2024
12,421,375%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-2024
2,273,605.95%
Nike (NKE)
1974-2024
2,125,305.71%
Walmart (WMT)
1974-2024
1,868,145.83%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-2024
1,277,899.1%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-2024
942,700.4%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1974-2024
774,755.08%
Danaher (DHR)
1974-2024
568,140.8%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1974-2024
564,298.15%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1974-2024
480,272.69%
Stryker (SYK)
1974-2024
471,098.29%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1974-2024
443,668.93%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-2024
421,518.35%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1974-2024
334,714.96%
Oracle (ORCL)
1974-2024
325,219.88%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1974-2024
289,782.66%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1974-2024
277,340%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-2024
274,939.7%
Apple (AAPL)
1974-2024
253,234.21%
Paychex (PAYX)
1974-2024
229,834%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1974-2024
228,860%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-2024
197,102.74%
Aflac (AFL)
1974-2024
194,440.34%
Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL)
1974-2024
187,316.8%
Fastenal (FAST)
1974-2024
184,223.44%