best performing stocks in the sandp 1985-2002

Nike (NKE) had the highest return between 1985 and 2002 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 176,045.8%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1985-2002
176,045.83%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-2002
48,735.35%
Altria (MO)
1985-2002
37,400%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1985-2002
36,803.03%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-2002
29,114.79%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985-2002
19,995.24%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985-2002
17,282.53%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-2002
16,971.6%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1985-2002
16,842.74%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-2002
16,524.78%
Hubbell (HUBB)
1985-2002
15,187.29%
Medtronic (MDT)
1985-2002
12,594.88%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1985-2002
11,815.84%
Stryker (SYK)
1985-2002
9,894.69%
M&T Bank (MTB)
1985-2002
9,629.68%
Best Buy (BBY)
1985-2002
9,562.02%
Brown & Brown (BRO)
1985-2002
8,967.62%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)
1985-2002
8,831.98%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1985-2002
7,957.89%
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
1985-2002
7,949.35%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-2002
7,740.05%
Fastenal (FAST)
1985-2002
7,409.38%
US Bancorp (USB)
1985-2002
7,405.14%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
1985-2002
7,285.36%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1985-2002
6,428.04%