best performing stocks in the sandp 1981-2023

Altria (MO) had the highest return between 1981 and 2023 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 5,042,614.3%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Altria (MO)
1981-2023
5,042,614.29%
Nike (NKE)
1981-2023
3,179,318.18%
Home Depot (HD)
1981-2023
1,977,108.93%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1981-2023
799,301.12%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1981-2023
686,053.6%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1981-2023
590,354.9%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1981-2023
454,629.55%
Danaher (DHR)
1981-2023
439,871.98%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1981-2023
388,817.86%
Progressive (PGR)
1981-2023
333,237.85%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1981-2023
315,124.15%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1981-2023
251,013.11%
Oracle (ORCL)
1981-2023
203,237.2%
Paychex (PAYX)
1981-2023
189,448.58%
Aflac (AFL)
1981-2023
189,031.9%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1981-2023
181,310.88%
Stryker (SYK)
1981-2023
168,609.96%
Fastenal (FAST)
1981-2023
162,262.5%
Apple (AAPL)
1981-2023
161,417.51%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1981-2023
159,865.33%
Amazon (AMZN)
1981-2023
124,543.15%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1981-2023
123,568.6%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1981-2023
123,343.39%
Amgen (AMGN)
1981-2023
115,544.78%
Walmart (WMT)
1981-2023
113,174.95%