sandp500 stocks 1979-1985

Walmart (WMT) had the highest return between 1979 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,276.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Walmart (WMT)
1979-1985
2,276.51%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1979-1985
961.29%
Altria (MO)
1979-1985
900%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1979-1985
831.24%
Home Depot (HD)
1979-1985
814.04%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1979-1985
715.75%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979-1985
675.54%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1979-1985
665%
Sysco (SYY)
1979-1985
639.7%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-1985
585.68%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1979-1985
549.38%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979-1985
543.35%
Aflac (AFL)
1979-1985
496.01%
Western Digital (WDC)
1979-1985
460.06%
Ball (BALL)
1979-1985
455.35%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979-1985
452.51%
Target (TGT)
1979-1985
447.25%
Hershey (HSY)
1979-1985
416.45%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979-1985
400.85%
Avery Dennison (AVY)
1979-1985
400.02%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1979-1985
397.26%
American Express (AXP)
1979-1985
390.93%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
1979-1985
387.34%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1979-1985
381.17%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
1979-1985
365.19%