best performing stocks in the sandp 1978-1986

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1978 and 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 11,058.8%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1978-1986
11,058.79%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1978-1986
9,094.34%
Walmart Inc Common Stock (WMT)
1978-1986
3,874.48%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1978-1986
2,368.03%
Loews (L)
1978-1986
1,951.31%
Altria (MO)
1978-1986
1,800%
Sysco (SYY)
1978-1986
1,517.77%
State Street (STT)
1978-1986
1,502.25%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1978-1986
1,311.16%
Home Depot (HD)
1978-1986
1,205.39%
Rollins (ROL)
1978-1986
1,182.06%
Equifax (EFX)
1978-1986
1,051.5%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978-1986
948.99%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1978-1986
948.32%
Nike (NKE)
1978-1986
797.14%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1978-1986
793.64%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978-1986
785.26%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978-1986
769.37%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1978-1986
735.19%
Aflac (AFL)
1978-1986
733.08%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1978-1986
727.44%
Boeing (BA)
1978-1986
717.67%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1978-1986
717.26%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1978-1986
675.46%
Ball (BALL)
1978-1986
671.86%