best s and p stocks 1978-1981

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1978 and 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 375%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1978-1981
375%
Revvity (RVTY)
1978-1981
345.11%
Sysco (SYY)
1978-1981
343.6%
Walmart (WMT)
1978-1981
342.76%
Medtronic (MDT)
1978-1981
303.55%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1978-1981
211.69%
Progressive (PGR)
1978-1981
210.84%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1978-1981
203.94%
Western Digital (WDC)
1978-1981
194.46%
General Dynamics (GD)
1978-1981
186.58%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1978-1981
168.82%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1978-1981
157%
State Street (STT)
1978-1981
154.45%
Altria (MO)
1978-1981
150%
American International (AIG)
1978-1981
142.81%
Kroger (KR)
1978-1981
134.45%
Stryker (SYK)
1978-1981
132.54%
Pfizer (PFE)
1978-1981
124.32%
HP (HPQ)
1978-1981
122.64%
Chevron (CVX)
1978-1981
120.6%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1978-1981
105.85%
Humana (HUM)
1978-1981
102.92%
Comcast (CMCSA)
1978-1981
102.47%
Boeing (BA)
1978-1981
101.04%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1978-1981
90.42%