best performing stocks in the sandp 500 in 1974-1985

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1974 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 8,100%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1974-1985
8,100%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-1985
7,358.74%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-1985
4,379.7%
Boeing (BA)
1974-1985
4,233.62%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1974-1985
3,362.96%
Target (TGT)
1974-1985
2,111.93%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-1985
1,866.46%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1974-1985
1,802.76%
Loews (L)
1974-1985
1,483.18%
Ball (BALL)
1974-1985
1,370.44%
State Street (STT)
1974-1985
1,294.57%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-1985
1,292.73%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1974-1985
1,202.88%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1974-1985
1,109.47%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-1985
993.17%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1974-1985
962.5%
Sysco (SYY)
1974-1985
900.41%
Kroger (KR)
1974-1985
887.73%
CVS Health (CVS)
1974-1985
860.22%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1974-1985
831.13%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-1985
813.1%
Equifax (EFX)
1974-1985
804.46%
Revvity (RVTY)
1974-1985
794.93%
Edison International (EIX)
1974-1985
762.99%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1974-1985
752.9%