best performing sandp stocks 1972-1999

Home Depot (HD) had the highest return between 1972 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 239,622.2%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Home Depot (HD)
1972-1999
239,622.16%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1972-1999
146,454.11%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1972-1999
129,124.56%
Nike (NKE)
1972-1999
128,542.86%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1972-1999
72,494.17%
Altria (MO)
1972-1999
70,950%
Amgen (AMGN)
1972-1999
63,919.72%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1972-1999
59,975.72%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1972-1999
56,067.92%
Oracle (ORCL)
1972-1999
44,184.22%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1972-1999
35,653.06%
State Street (STT)
1972-1999
24,053.48%
Paychex (PAYX)
1972-1999
21,513.54%
US Bancorp (USB)
1972-1999
21,131.86%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1972-1999
19,260.6%
Sysco (SYY)
1972-1999
18,401.08%
Stryker (SYK)
1972-1999
18,075.76%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1972-1999
17,713.9%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1972-1999
17,235.09%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1972-1999
15,791.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1972-1999
14,683.26%
Boeing (BA)
1972-1999
13,817.12%
Aflac (AFL)
1972-1999
13,420.77%
Best Buy (BBY)
1972-1999
13,302.79%
Medtronic (MDT)
1972-1999
12,474.15%