best performing stocks in sandp 500 from 1973 - 1983

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1973 and 1983 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,868.6%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1973-1983
1,868.6%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1973-1983
1,828.66%
Home Depot (HD)
1973-1983
1,828.65%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1973-1983
1,568.45%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1973-1983
1,197.27%
General Dynamics (GD)
1973-1983
1,134.73%
Boeing (BA)
1973-1983
1,042.75%
Revvity (RVTY)
1973-1983
788.35%
Sysco (SYY)
1973-1983
611.11%
Kroger (KR)
1973-1983
535.3%
Target (TGT)
1973-1983
507.26%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1973-1983
463.14%
Altria (MO)
1973-1983
425%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1973-1983
418.62%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1973-1983
399.07%
Edison International (EIX)
1973-1983
326.98%
HP (HPQ)
1973-1983
310.74%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1973-1983
306.86%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1973-1983
305.87%
Western Digital (WDC)
1973-1983
300.01%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1973-1983
285.35%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1973-1983
274.74%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1973-1983
251.82%
Ball (BALL)
1973-1983
249.77%
Pentair (PNR)
1973-1983
233.78%