best performing stocks in the sandp 1973 to 2023

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1973 and 2023 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 8,824,650%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1973-2023
8,824,650%
Nike (NKE)
1973-2023
2,997,637.14%
Home Depot (HD)
1973-2023
1,977,108.93%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1973-2023
958,104.71%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1973-2023
686,053.6%
Progressive (PGR)
1973-2023
622,398.39%
Danaher (DHR)
1973-2023
570,112.44%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1973-2023
557,551.85%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1973-2023
454,629.55%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1973-2023
428,955.09%
Walmart (WMT)
1973-2023
425,851.24%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1973-2023
388,817.86%
Stryker (SYK)
1973-2023
388,221.87%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1973-2023
208,234.51%
Oracle (ORCL)
1973-2023
203,237.2%
Apple (AAPL)
1973-2023
193,721.02%
Paychex (PAYX)
1973-2023
189,448.58%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1973-2023
183,086.73%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1973-2023
181,310.88%
Rollins (ROL)
1973-2023
162,909.54%
Fastenal (FAST)
1973-2023
162,262.5%
Aflac (AFL)
1973-2023
151,784.13%
General Dynamics (GD)
1973-2023
146,134.5%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1973-2023
141,671.7%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1973-2023
131,168.48%