best performing stocks in the sandp 1985 to 2005

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1985 and 2005 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 349,683.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1985-2005
349,683.33%
Altria (MO)
1985-2005
138,855.17%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-2005
79,568.19%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-2005
54,301.01%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985-2005
51,702.13%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-2005
48,023.91%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-2005
33,635.3%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985-2005
28,633.33%
Best Buy (BBY)
1985-2005
26,585.41%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1985-2005
24,881.64%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-2005
23,993.87%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1985-2005
22,041.95%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1985-2005
21,476.34%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1985-2005
20,668.64%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-2005
19,195.67%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1985-2005
17,426.68%
Medtronic (MDT)
1985-2005
16,216.3%
Fastenal (FAST)
1985-2005
15,981.25%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1985-2005
13,920.83%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-2005
13,259.71%
Stryker (SYK)
1985-2005
13,211.89%
Progressive (PGR)
1985-2005
12,980.21%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1985-2005
12,718.29%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1985-2005
12,692.94%
Raymond James Financial (RJF)
1985-2005
12,186.11%