best performing stocks in the sandp 1970-1999

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1970 and 1999 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 391,269.1%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970-1999
391,269.09%
Home Depot (HD)
1970-1999
239,736.31%
Nike (NKE)
1970-1999
129,362.86%
Walmart (WMT)
1970-1999
129,124.56%
Altria (MO)
1970-1999
70,900%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1970-1999
69,174.16%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1970-1999
65,873.57%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1970-1999
55,709.26%
Oracle (ORCL)
1970-1999
44,184.22%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1970-1999
35,653.06%
State Street (STT)
1970-1999
24,053.48%
Paychex (PAYX)
1970-1999
21,503.18%
US Bancorp (USB)
1970-1999
21,131.86%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1970-1999
19,260.6%
Sysco (SYY)
1970-1999
18,401.08%
Stryker (SYK)
1970-1999
18,075.76%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1970-1999
17,721.16%
Amgen (AMGN)
1970-1999
17,372.6%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1970-1999
17,235.52%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1970-1999
16,920.63%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
1970-1999
16,056.65%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1970-1999
15,791.59%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1970-1999
14,677.78%
Aflac (AFL)
1970-1999
13,413.38%
Best Buy (BBY)
1970-1999
13,302.79%