best performing sandp stocks 1981-2023

Monster Beverage (MNST) had the highest return between 1981 and 2023 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,600,525%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Monster Beverage (MNST)
1981-2023
3,600,525%
Nike (NKE)
1981-2023
3,174,018.75%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-2023
1,691,122.51%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-2023
799,469.45%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1981-2023
685,523.65%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1981-2023
596,077.08%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1981-2023
454,492.17%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1981-2023
388,817.86%
Hasbro (HAS)
1981-2023
369,307.26%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1981-2023
316,474.74%
Danaher (DHR)
1981-2023
267,445.42%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1981-2023
251,124.11%
Oracle (ORCL)
1981-2023
203,348.61%
Aflac (AFL)
1981-2023
189,215.57%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1981-2023
181,956.03%
Stryker (SYK)
1981-2023
168,641.95%
Fastenal (FAST)
1981-2023
162,191.49%
Apple (AAPL)
1981-2023
161,506.63%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1981-2023
159,861.01%
Progressive (PGR)
1981-2023
135,725.47%
Amazon (AMZN)
1981-2023
124,543.15%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1981-2023
123,347.25%
Paychex (PAYX)
1981-2023
122,232.62%
Amgen (AMGN)
1981-2023
115,512.2%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-2023
111,982.89%