best sandp 500 stock 1-17-1980 - 8-17-1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between January 17, 1980 and August 17, 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 330.3%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
330.34%
Progressive (PGR)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
206.02%
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
194.8%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
159.89%
Sysco (SYY)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
158.32%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
150.63%
State Street (STT)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
136.98%
Jacobs Solutions (J)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
126.32%
Altria (MO)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
125%
Walmart (WMT)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
124.03%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
122.19%
Humana (HUM)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
114.53%
Lennar (LEN)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
113.56%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
111.41%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
100%
Tyler Technologies (TYL)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
88.46%
Stryker (SYK)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
85.77%
Hershey (HSY)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
83.35%
Nucor (NUE)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
83%
Union Pacific (UNP)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
78.08%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
76.21%
Western Digital (WDC)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
75.61%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
73.03%
Dover (DOV)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
71.89%
Viatris (VTRS)
1/17/1980 - 8/17/1981
71.81%