best performing stocks in the sandp 1980 - 2023

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1980 and 2023 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 8,967,275%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1980-2023
8,967,275%
Nike (NKE)
1980-2023
3,296,425%
Home Depot (HD)
1980-2023
1,953,441.52%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1980-2023
685,913.65%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1980-2023
473,569.32%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1980-2023
428,342.86%
Danaher (DHR)
1980-2023
427,516.95%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1980-2023
388,817.86%
Walmart (WMT)
1980-2023
209,902.03%
Oracle (ORCL)
1980-2023
203,237.2%
Apple (AAPL)
1980-2023
193,721.02%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1980-2023
191,416.73%
Paychex (PAYX)
1980-2023
188,500.83%
Fastenal (FAST)
1980-2023
162,262.5%
Aflac (AFL)
1980-2023
151,741.63%
Progressive (PGR)
1980-2023
135,802.72%
Amazon (AMZN)
1980-2023
124,543.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1980-2023
123,539.72%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1980-2023
123,341.4%
Stryker (SYK)
1980-2023
119,886.68%
Amgen (AMGN)
1980-2023
115,551.03%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1980-2023
110,516.77%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1980-2023
103,825.73%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1980-2023
103,198.96%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1980-2023
98,938.83%