best performing stocks in the sandp 1971-1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1971 and 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 1,483.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1971-1981
1,483.33%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1971-1981
1,024.13%
Boeing (BA)
1971-1981
857.84%
General Dynamics (GD)
1971-1981
603.64%
HP (HPQ)
1971-1981
516.45%
Walmart (WMT)
1971-1981
463.16%
Revvity (RVTY)
1971-1981
435.58%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1971-1981
405.4%
Chevron (CVX)
1971-1981
340.63%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1971-1981
329.47%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1971-1981
301.99%
Sysco (SYY)
1971-1981
287.28%
Halliburton (HAL)
1971-1981
270.86%
Deere (DE)
1971-1981
232.35%
Progressive (PGR)
1971-1981
210.84%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1971-1981
207.78%
Western Digital (WDC)
1971-1981
194.46%
Target (TGT)
1971-1981
192.63%
Kroger (KR)
1971-1981
163.94%
Edison International (EIX)
1971-1981
159.53%
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
1971-1981
158.49%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1971-1981
157%
State Street (STT)
1971-1981
154.45%
Altria (MO)
1971-1981
150%
Stryker (SYK)
1971-1981
132.54%