sandp500 stocks 1979-1985

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1979 and 1985 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 9,034.3%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1979-1985
9,034.25%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1979-1985
3,384.91%
Loews (L)
1979-1985
1,483.17%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1979-1985
1,394.48%
State Street (STT)
1979-1985
1,294.71%
Church & Dwight (CHD)
1979-1985
961.4%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1979-1985
830.71%
Home Depot (HD)
1979-1985
812.57%
Equifax (EFX)
1979-1985
804.5%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1979-1985
675.48%
ConAgra Foods (CAG)
1979-1985
664.84%
Sysco (SYY)
1979-1985
639.63%
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
1979-1985
557%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1979-1985
543.31%
Aflac (AFL)
1979-1985
496.54%
Rollins (ROL)
1979-1985
481.68%
Teradyne (TER)
1979-1985
460.59%
Ball (BALL)
1979-1985
455.35%
Revvity (RVTY)
1979-1985
452.5%
Stryker (SYK)
1979-1985
417.83%
Hershey (HSY)
1979-1985
416.51%
General Dynamics (GD)
1979-1985
400.8%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
1979-1985
397.3%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
1979-1985
389.95%
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
1979-1985
387.33%