best performing stocks in the sandp 1970-2000

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1970 and 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 332,234.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-2000
332,234.55%
Altria (MO)
1970-2000
188,500%
Home Depot (HD)
1970-2000
159,832.74%
Nike (NKE)
1970-2000
146,605.71%
Walmart (WMT)
1970-2000
99,682.46%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1970-2000
52,122.22%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1970-2000
49,369.98%
Oracle (ORCL)
1970-2000
45,828.15%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1970-2000
42,679.59%
State Street (STT)
1970-2000
41,216.29%
Paychex (PAYX)
1970-2000
39,562.65%
Sysco (SYY)
1970-2000
28,293.86%
Stryker (SYK)
1970-2000
26,356.39%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-2000
24,739.95%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1970-2000
24,410.54%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1970-2000
23,409.03%
Medtronic (MDT)
1970-2000
20,815.34%
Aflac (AFL)
1970-2000
20,704.02%
Progressive (PGR)
1970-2000
18,778.31%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1970-2000
18,743.35%
Amgen (AMGN)
1970-2000
18,499.87%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1970-2000
17,737.88%
Danaher (DHR)
1970-2000
16,779.35%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1970-2000
16,606.71%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1970-2000
15,921.69%