best performing stocks in the sandp 500 in 1974-1982

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1974 and 1982 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 3,060.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1974-1982
3,060.42%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1974-1982
2,943.43%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-1982
2,069.95%
Boeing (BA)
1974-1982
1,616.38%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1974-1982
1,205.97%
Target (TGT)
1974-1982
1,159.77%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-1982
1,060.99%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-1982
974.96%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-1982
799.4%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-1982
794.75%
Sysco (SYY)
1974-1982
777.11%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1974-1982
650.62%
Kroger (KR)
1974-1982
612.6%
Ball (BALL)
1974-1982
573.4%
CVS Health (CVS)
1974-1982
550.45%
Revvity (RVTY)
1974-1982
536.62%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1974-1982
394.79%
State Street (STT)
1974-1982
355.31%
Edison International (EIX)
1974-1982
335.85%
Humana (HUM)
1974-1982
299.87%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1974-1982
290.21%
HP (HPQ)
1974-1982
277.13%
Altria (MO)
1974-1982
275%
Lennar (LEN)
1974-1982
272.91%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-1982
253.82%