best performing stocks in the sandp 500 in 1974-1990

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1974 and 1990 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 31,772.9%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1974-1990
31,772.92%
Nike (NKE)
1974-1990
22,991.43%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1974-1990
21,755.56%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-1990
16,226.46%
Altria (MO)
1974-1990
10,325%
Home Depot (HD)
1974-1990
9,597.62%
Boeing (BA)
1974-1990
9,492.46%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1974-1990
4,910.88%
Sysco (SYY)
1974-1990
3,889.07%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1974-1990
3,875%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-1990
3,565.34%
Loews (L)
1974-1990
3,526.44%
Target (TGT)
1974-1990
2,986.55%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-1990
2,855.02%
State Street (STT)
1974-1990
2,470.2%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1974-1990
2,115.53%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1974-1990
2,077.94%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1974-1990
1,972.07%
Equifax (EFX)
1974-1990
1,932.58%
Stryker (SYK)
1974-1990
1,922.66%
CVS Health (CVS)
1974-1990
1,753.32%
Rollins (ROL)
1974-1990
1,742.75%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-1990
1,688.4%
Edison International (EIX)
1974-1990
1,682.01%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1974-1990
1,629.81%