best performing stocks in the sandp 1970 to 1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1970 and 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,627.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1981
1,627.27%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1970-1981
1,024.13%
Walmart (WMT)
1970-1981
463.16%
Revvity (RVTY)
1970-1981
435.58%
Boeing (BA)
1970-1981
407.88%
Chevron (CVX)
1970-1981
399.31%
General Dynamics (GD)
1970-1981
360.71%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1970-1981
301.99%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1970-1981
290.12%
Sysco (SYY)
1970-1981
287.55%
Halliburton (HAL)
1970-1981
270.86%
Kroger (KR)
1970-1981
263.72%
HP (HPQ)
1970-1981
262.17%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1970-1981
241.2%
Deere (DE)
1970-1981
232.35%
Progressive (PGR)
1970-1981
210.84%
Western Digital (WDC)
1970-1981
194.46%
Target (TGT)
1970-1981
192.63%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1970-1981
165.27%
Edison International (EIX)
1970-1981
159.53%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1970-1981
157%
State Street (STT)
1970-1981
154.45%
Altria (MO)
1970-1981
150%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1981
135.43%
Stryker (SYK)
1970-1981
132.54%