best performing stocks in the sandp 1985 to 1996

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1985 and 1996 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 238,736.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1985-1996
238,736.36%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-1996
13,623.21%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-1996
11,570.11%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-1996
10,480.97%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1985-1996
9,043.87%
Altria (MO)
1985-1996
8,906.67%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-1996
7,230.91%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985-1996
6,790.24%
Medtronic (MDT)
1985-1996
4,498.29%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985-1996
4,495.83%
Fastenal (FAST)
1985-1996
4,463.02%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1985-1996
4,195.03%
PTC (PTC)
1985-1996
3,422.89%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1985-1996
3,075.87%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1985-1996
2,880.12%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-1996
2,848.31%
Home Depot (HD)
1985-1996
2,809.57%
Intel (INTC)
1985-1996
2,794.06%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-1996
2,710.12%
US Bancorp (USB)
1985-1996
2,666.24%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1985-1996
2,596.1%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1985-1996
2,525.96%
Progressive (PGR)
1985-1996
2,349.23%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1985-1996
2,234.35%
Stryker (SYK)
1985-1996
2,124.2%