what was the best performing stock in the sandp 500 from 1974 to 1981

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) had the highest return between 1974 and 1981 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 2,308.5%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1974-1981
2,308.54%
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
1974-1981
1,284.93%
Walmart (WMT)
1974-1981
1,237.5%
Boeing (BA)
1974-1981
966.15%
S&P Global (SPGI)
1974-1981
639.26%
Target (TGT)
1974-1981
585.53%
General Dynamics (GD)
1974-1981
547.45%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1974-1981
423.54%
Kroger (KR)
1974-1981
345.78%
Revvity (RVTY)
1974-1981
345.08%
Sysco (SYY)
1974-1981
342.68%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1974-1981
326.01%
Ball (BALL)
1974-1981
295.57%
Consolidated Edison (ED)
1974-1981
256.94%
CVS Health (CVS)
1974-1981
247.05%
Edison International (EIX)
1974-1981
230.29%
Progressive (PGR)
1974-1981
210.84%
Chevron (CVX)
1974-1981
200.4%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
1974-1981
197.43%
Eaton (ETN)
1974-1981
195.68%
Western Digital (WDC)
1974-1981
194.46%
PulteGroup (PHM)
1974-1981
157%
State Street (STT)
1974-1981
154.45%
Altria (MO)
1974-1981
150%
Pentair (PNR)
1974-1981
137.46%